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fore border hardly truncated; sides rounded ; bind border slightly rounded 

 in the middle. Sides and bind borders of tbe mesothorax, of the nieta- 

 thorax and of the abdominal segments ochraceous-bordered. Hind angles 

 of the mesothorax and of the metalhorax hardly elongated. Abdomen 

 piceous beneath at the tip ; supra-anal lamina entire. Cerci short, broad, 

 ilat, lanceolate. Legs stout, moderately long; femora with a few spines; 

 arolia large. Length of the body 13 — \3h lines. 



o. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



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



34. PoLVZOSTEEIA QUADBIFASCIA. 



Mas et foem. Alra, convexa, ovata aulfusiformis, subtilissime punctata ; 

 caput sparse pinictatum, prothorucem perpaullo superans ; prolhorax 

 breviuscuiits, marginibus anlico et postico ochraceis ; mesothorax et 

 metalhorax marginibus posticis ochraceis, anguiis poslicis non 

 productis ; abdomen aapere puvctatum, scgmentorum 6i el 7i anguiis 

 posticis subprodiiclis. Lamina supra-anaii truncata hidentata ; cerci 

 apices versus aut omnino rufi ; pedes robusli ; coxisjlavo marginatis. 



Mule and female. Deep black, oval or fusiform, very convex, very 

 thickly and minutely punctured, smooth and shining beneath. Head 

 thinly punctured, extending very little beyond the prolhorax. Eyes wide 

 apart. Antenn;€ slender, sliorter ihan the body. Prolhorax semicircular, 

 ochraceous-bordered along the fore border and along the hind border, which 

 is straight. Mesothoviix and melathorax with ochraceous hind borders, 

 these bands bro.idesi on each side ; hind angles not elongated. Abdomen 

 above roughly punctured ; hind angles of the sixth and seventh segments 

 slightly elongated and acute; supra-anal lara'ina serrated. Ceici red, lan- 

 ceolate, moderately long. Legs stout, moderately long ; coxae bordered with 

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

 body 9|— 11 lines. 



a, b. Australia. Presented bv the Haslar Hospital. 



c. ? 



35. POLYZOSTEUIA PECTORALIS. 



Mas. Nigra, longi-ovata, convexa, perparum punctata ; caput prothoracem 

 perpaullo superans ; oculi invicem remoli ; prolhorax subparabolicus, 

 maryine aiitico subtruncato margineque postico fere recto luteo 

 marginatis, laleribus perparum. rejlexis ; mesothorax et metalhorax 

 luteo marginati, anguiis posticis vix elongatis ; segmenta pectoralia 

 luteo pallido marginata ; abdomen piceum, dense punctatum, apice 

 truncatum, maculis duabus subapicalibus luteis ; cerci fulvi. 



Male. Black, elongate-oval, convex, shining, very thinly punctured. 

 Head extending very little beyond the prolhorax ; a luteous dot on each 

 side adjoining the socket of the antenna. Eyes testaceous, wide apart. 

 Prothorax slightly parabolic, irregularly hiteous-bordered along the fore 

 border and along the hind border; fore border slightly truncated ; sides 

 rounded, very slightly reflexed; hind border nearly straight. Mesothorax 

 and metalhorax luteous along the hiud borders, these bands dilated on each 

 side; hind angles hardly elongated. Pectoral segments bordered with 



