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Length : 9^-95 mill. 



Hab: New South Wales, Mittagong (i). 



4. plcbcia sp, nov. 



Allied to E. fencstrata. Castaneous or orange ; vertex with a 

 short stripe on each side of the base of the frons, 2 spots on pro- 

 notum (sometimes absent, sometimes much enlarged), 3 spots 

 at apical margin and at posterior angle (sometimes concurrent), 

 apex of femora, the tibiae and tarsi (except the white basal 

 three-fourths of basal segment of posterior tarsi), propleura 

 more or less, etc., black. Genae and lorae testaceous. Teg- 

 mina purplish or purplish black, sometimes with a greenish 

 glint, lateral margins narrowly ochraceous, widening basally, 

 internal margins more or less widely coppery ; a white spot near 

 costal margin at about third of its length, and another one near- 

 er apex, also a speck on clavus (sometimes absent.) Wings 

 smoky black with purple glint; veins black. Abdomen more o 

 less tinged with sanguineous. 



Male : Genital segment black. 



Female : Genital segment orange, apex and last segmen 

 (plates) blackish. 



Length 12^ mill. 



Hab: Victoria, Bacchus Marsh (my collection), 



5. lubra, sp. nov. 



P Allied to E. distincta, from which it apparently differs prin- 

 cipally by the red abdomen, etc. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, tegmina, etc., metallic purplish 

 black; genae and exterior half of lorae testaceous. Abdomen 

 above and the whole of the underside sanguineous, except part 

 of propleura, apex, of femora, the tibiae, and tarsi (except the 

 pale basal three-fourths of ist segment of posterior tarsi) which 

 are black. A spot near the base of tegmina and a little one 

 (contiguous) on clavus, and one near apex of tegmina — white. 

 Male : Genital segment black, more or less sordid ochraceous 

 laterally. 



.^ Female : Genital segment sanguineous ; last segment (plates) 



I and apex of genital segment, black. 

 Length i3-i4.-i mill. 



