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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



numerous strong spines. Fore wings slightly rugulose, convex along the 

 costa, very oblique and slightly truncated along the apical border. 



Tbocnada dorsigera. 



Rufa, subtus alhida ; abdomen vitta tenui dorsaii nigra; pedes rtifi ; 

 femoribus basi albidis ; aim anticce margins postico vilreo subcinereo ; 

 posticcB albido-vitrem. 



Red, whitish beneath. Abdomen somewhat paler, with a slight black 

 dorsal stripe which does not extend to the tip. Legs red ; femora whitish 

 towards the base. Fore wings red, vitreous and slightly grayish along the 

 hind border. Hind wings whitish vitreous ; veins black, pale red in front. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Sydney. 



Genus BYTHOSCOPUS, Germar. 



Bythoscopcs punctivena. 

 Fulvus, testaceo subconspersus, subtus pallide testaceus ; caput thorace 

 latius; abdomen supra nigrum, basi fulvum, apice compressum, 

 segmentis albido marginatis ; pedes pallide testacei ; alee posiicce 

 cinereo-vitrecE. 



Tawny, very minutely marked with pale testaceous ; under side pale 

 testaceous. Head distinctly broader than the thorax. Abdomen black 

 above, tawny at the base ; hind borders of the segments whitish ; tip com- 

 pressed. Legs pale testaceous. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of 

 the body 3i lines ; of the wings 7J lines. 



Tasmania. 



Bythoscopus punctifer. 



Testaceus, validus, nigro subconspersus; caput apud antennas nigra 

 bipunctatum ; abdomen supra nigrum; femora postica apice nigra; 

 al(B anticcE testacece, venis pallidis nigro punctatis ; posiicce vitrei, 

 fuscescen te'Cinerece. 



Dull testaceous, stout, very minutely freckled with black. Head with 

 a black point on each side beneath at the base of the antenna. Abdomen 

 black above. Hind femora with black tips. Fore wings testaceous ; veins 



