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with sboit slender S|)iiies ; aioliii larjie. Feinnlr. — Larger. Abdomeu with 

 ocl)raceous spots along each side. Leugih of the body 7^ — 11 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by ihe Haslar Hospital. 



b, c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Sect. 7. 



24. PoLYZOSTEEIA NITENS. 



Fojm. Atra, lonyi-ovula, convexa, punclala, nitens, subttis picea ; caput 

 ptolhorncem perpauUo superans, spaiio antico palpisquc fulvis ; pro- 

 thorax anlice subfornicatus, villis duabm lalera/ibus luteis antice 

 allenualis el abbrevinlis ; mesothorax el melathnrax lateribus luteis^ 

 aiiijuiis posliris v'lx productis ; abdominis lalera, lamina supra-anaiis 

 incisa el cerci luteo anyusle marginala ; cerci fusiformes,sublus lulei; 

 pedes crassi, luteo spinosi, femoribus apice Jlavo macula lis. 



Female. Deep black, elongate-oval, very shining, irregularly punctured, 

 piceous beneath. Head extending very little beyond the prothorax ; sockets 

 of the antennae, space about the fore border and palpi tawny. Eyes red; 

 wide apart. Prothorax a Utile longer than half its breadth, somewhat 

 vaulted in front; fore border not truncated ; sides rounded, with a luteous 

 stripe, which is attenuated and abbreviated towards the fore border; hind 

 border straight. Mesothorax and nietathorax bordered with luteous on 

 each side; hind angles hardly elongated. Sides of the abdomen, supra- 

 anal lamina and cerci narrowly bordered with luteous; hind angles of the 

 seventh abdominal segment acute and much elongated ; hind borders of the 

 ventral segments luteous; supra-anal lamina dee|)ly notched. Cerci flat, 

 fusiform, testaceous beneath. Legs thick, moderately long; coxa3 bordered 

 with luteous; femora with short luteous spines and with a yellow apical 

 spot. TibisB with luteous black-tipped spines; tarsi with tawny lips ; arolia 

 large. Length of the body 18 lines. 



a, b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Sect. 8, 



25. PoLYZOSTEEIA SIGNAXA. 



Mas. Nigra, fere elliptica, subconvexa, suhlililer punctata, subtiis picea ; 

 caput prolhoracem perpaullo svperans ; oculi invicem remoti ; antennos 

 corporis dimidio breviores ; prothorax fere semicircularis, lateribus 

 subreflexis, margine postico sinualo ochraceo-quadrimaculato , anguiis 

 posticis subproduclis ; mesothorax et metalhorax ochraceo interrupte 

 fasciati, anguiis posticis subproduclis; abdomen apice integrum, 

 fasciis ochraceis lalissimis interruplis ; cerci breves; pedes breves, 

 crassi. 



Male. Black, dull, slightly convex, minutely punctured, nearly 

 elliptical, very slightly narrower in front, piceous, smooth and shining 

 beneath. Head shining, extending very little beyond the prothorax. Eyes 

 testaceous, far apart. Antennae setose, less than half the length of the 

 body. Prothorax nearly semicircular; sides slightly reflexed ; hind border 

 slightly undulating; hind angles slightly elongated ; four ochraccous spots 

 on the hind border, the outer pair extending towards the disk. Mesothorax 



