338 CATALOGUE OF 



23. Ephippiger trilineatus. 

 Epbippiger trilineata, jfi^aan, Verz. NslI. Gesch. Ned. Tnd. B(z. Ins. 185, 

 Tripoli. 



24. Ephippiger varicornis. 



varicornis, Klug, MSS. Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 185. 

 Syria. 



Sect. D. 



Mas. Corpus crassnm. Caput iuter antennas bituberculatum, antice 

 erectum et aspere punctatum. Oculi j^lobosi. Palporura ariiculus 4 us 

 3o non hrevior ; 5us 4o multo longior. Prothorax posiice anguslior, laleri- 

 bus subundulatis, margine postico subascendeiUe, carinis lateralibus 

 dislinctis. Abdomen proihorace fere duplo longius. Pedes crassi, tibiis 

 quatuor anterioribus femoribusque biseriatini spinosis, tibiis posticis 

 quadriseriatim spinosis. Alae abdominis diniidio non b)ngiores. 



Male. Body very stout. Head as broad as tbe prolborax, with two 

 little porrect protuberances between the antennae ; front and face erect, 

 roughly punctured. Eyes prominent. Palpi truncated at the tips ; fourth 

 joint of the maxillary as long as the third; fifih subclavate, much longer 

 than the fourth ; third joint of the labial clavate. Prothorax narrower 

 hindward; sides slightly undulating; hind border slightly elevated ; lateral 

 keels determinate. AlDdomen nearly twice the length of the prothorax. 

 Legs thick ; femora with a few very minute spines on each side beneath; 

 four anterior tibiae with six spines on each side beneath ; hind tibiae with 

 four rows of several spines ; larsi short. Wings about half the length of 

 the abdomen. /Vma/e.— Oviduct straight, a little longer than the body. 

 Wings much shorter than those of the male. 



25. Ephippiger australis. 



Mas. Cinereus ; vertex fascia nigra postice incisa ; frons fulva; pro- 

 thorax fasciis tribus latis rufescente nigris ; abdomen rvfescenle 

 nigrum, ventre pectoreque fulvis. Foem. — Obscurior ; prothoracis 

 vitta latiores, postica connexce. Var. (3.— Testacea; vertex albido 

 tessellatus. 



Male. Cinereous. Head with a speckled black band on the vertex, 

 this band irregularly excavated along the hind border; front tawnv. 

 Mandibles blackish. Prothorax with three broad undulating reddish blaJk 

 bands, the lateral pair nearly interrupted. Pectus tawny. Abdomen reddish 

 black ; ventral segments lawny. Fore wings partly blackish. Female.— 

 Darker. Stripes of the prothorax broader, connected hindward. Oviduct 

 and fore wings tawny. Var. ^.—Testaceous above. Vertex tessellated with 

 whitish. Prothorax without stripes. Fore win^s brown. Leno-th of the 

 body 12—14 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Swan River. From Dr. Bacon's collection. 



c. Swan River, From Mr. Turner's collection. 



