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lorae, whitish, more or less punctured finely with brownish red. 

 Tegmina blackish brown, a White blotch near the base (wil'h a 

 black speck in the middle), an irregular stripe near the apex 

 and one or two small spots near the commissure. Wings 

 smoky, veins black. Legs black, coxae, base of femora, base 

 of spines on posterior tibiae, and basal four-fifths of ist. seg- 

 ment of posterior tarsi, whitish. Abdomen pale yellowish, geni- 

 tal segments black. Penultimate sternite obtusangularly emar- 

 ginate, pygofers rather s'hort and stout. 



Length: 8| mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Brisbane (vi). 



Var: I have in my own collection, some forms from Queens- 

 land, which I can only refer to this species; the head and prono- 

 tum are more irrorated with testaceous. Scutellum oc'hraceous 

 irrorated wath black, the anterolateral angles black. The teg- 

 minal veins are pinkish where t'hey cross over the whitish fas- 

 ciae. Abdomen sanguineous, genital segment black. 



3. hicincteUns, sp. nov. 



Closely allied to E. hicincta (Eridhson). Shining black; pos- 

 terior three-fourths of genae, exterior half of lorae, the coxae, 

 basal three-fourths of femora, base of tx'bial spines, basal two- 

 thirds of I St. segment of posterior tarsi, testaceous. Posterior 

 margin of pronotum very narrcnvly, an oblique stripe from 

 a'bout middle of costa to middle of lateral margin of scutellum, 

 and another band (narrowing internally) near apex of tegmina, 

 white- Wings smoky, veins black. 



Male: Sternites black, posterior margin of each narrowly 

 testaceous, last segment with a large testaceous triangle. Geni- 

 tal segment black. 



Female: Sternites pale testaceous, genital segment black. 

 Last segment very short, almost concealed by previous one, 

 apically sinuate, medianly notclied. 



Var: Dark parts of 'head, pronotum and scutellum more or 

 less, or entirely, 'castaneous. 



Length: 6h-7\ mill. 



Ha'b: Queensland (my collection). New South Wales, Mit- 

 tagong (i). 



4. oniatns, sp. nov. 



Allied to E. cumulosus. Head and pronotum dark brown mot- 

 tled with whitish. Exterior half of lorae whitish. Scutellum 



