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shilling beneath. Head blaili, not extending beyond the prothovax; 

 vertex, sockets of the aniennte and fore border lawny. Eyes blaik, wide 

 apart. Palpi and antennae piceous. Prothoiax not lonjjer than half its 

 breadth, the fjroiind hue passing interruptedly into testaceous along; the 

 fore border and along each side; fore border very slightly truncated; sides 

 rounded; hind border straight. Mesotliorax and nietathorax with the hind 

 angles slightly elongated. Pectus blackish. Uind angles of the abdominal 

 segments slightly elongated and acute; supra-anal lamina slightly notched; 

 styles testaceous, slender; under side tawny, with an irregular broad 

 blackish stripe ou each side. Cerci testaceous, short, lanceolate, black 

 towards the base. Legs tawny, thick, short ; coxae partly piceous; femora 

 with stout spines; arolia large. Length of the body 10 lines. 



Sect. 11. 



32. POLYZOSTEEIA ZONATA. 



Foem. Picea, longi-ovata, convexa, subtilisnime punctata ; caput pro- 

 thoracem vix superans ; prothnrax hi-evi-conicus, luteo marffinatns, 

 marfiine postico vix rolundalo ; mesothorax et melathorax fasciis 

 posticis luf.eis utrinque dilalatis ; abdomen aspere punclalum, segmenti 

 7i angulis posticis subproductis, lamina supra-anali serrata; cerci 

 Tufi ; pedes robusti, coxis jiavo marginatis. 



Female. Piceous, elongate-oval, convex, very thickly and finely 

 punctured. Head not or hardly extending beyond the proihorax. Eyes 

 testaceous or lurid, wide apart. AntenniE slender, shorter than the body. 

 Prothorax a little longer than half its breadth, with a luteous border which 

 is broadest opposite the hind angles; fore border not truncated; sides 

 rounded; hind border hardly rounded. Mesothorax and metathorax with 

 luteous bands along the hind borders, these bands much dilated on each 

 side ; hind angles not elongated. Abdomen above somewhat roughly 

 punctured, broader than the thorax ; supra-anal lamina truncated, forming 

 an acute angle on each side; styles rather long. Cerci stout, red towards 

 the tips or wholly red. Legs stout, moderately long; coxae bordered with 

 yellow ; femora with short and slender spines ; arolia large. Length of 

 the body 9 — 11 lines. 



a. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Hunter's collection. 



33. POLYZOSTEHIA POLYZONA. 



Fcem. Picea, aptera, lata, ovato. ; caput fulvum, prothoracem perpaullo 

 superans, macula antica picea ; oculi late disjuncli ; prothorax lon- 

 giusculus, ockraceo maryinatus, margine postico subrotundato ; meso- 

 thorax et metathorax angulis posticis vix productis ; abdominis 

 segmenla lateribus margineque postico ochraceis. 



Female. Piceous, broad, oval, convex, smooth, shining. Head tawny, 

 extending very little beyond the prothorax; a piceous spot on the face. 

 Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae slender, tawny at the base. Prothorax 

 short-conical, with a narrow ochraceous border and with a few punctures ; 



