152 SLPPLEMRNT. 



PeUIPLANETA OCULAIA. 



Faro. Picea, fusiformis, subtus albida ; caput albidum, prolhoracem 

 perpaullo superans, niyro fascialum ; ocuU imicein remoli ; pro- 

 thorax plaga maxima picea macutas duux albidus inctudente, laleribus 

 niyro muryinatis ; venter rufescens, laleribus albidis ; pedes pallide 

 Jiavi, crasii, breviusculi, spiiiis piceis ; alie auticte coriacea, basi 

 cornea, abdomen non superantes, vitta coslali albida altenuala ; alie 

 posticcE niyro-fusccE. 



Female. Piceous, fusiform, smooth, sbining^, wbiiish beneath. Head 

 whitish, exteuding very little beyond the jiroihorax ; a black baud between 

 the eyes, which are black and wide apart from each other. Antenuae 

 piceous, tawny towards the base. Proihorax whitish, much longer ihau 

 half its breadth, very narrowly bordered with black ou each side; a very 

 large piceous patch, extending to the hiud border, near which there are two 

 round whitish spots; foie border truncated; sides very sli<;htly rounded, 

 slanting outward to the hind border, which is straight. Abdomen beneath 

 reddish, whitish along each side. Legs pale yellow, thick, rather short ; 

 spines piceous. Wings not extending beyond the abdomen. Fore wings 

 coriaceous, corneous towards the base; a Whitish costal stripe tapering 

 from the base to three-fourths of the length. Hind wings blackish brown. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Australia. lu Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Pekiplaneta convex a. 



Mas. Nigra, glabra, convexa, elliptica ; caput prolhoracem paullo 

 superans; palpi picei ; proihorax brevi-conicus ; cerci breves, lali ; 

 pedes breves, crassi ; alee anticce coriacete, abdomen paullo superantes, 

 cosla rolundala. 



Male. Black, smooth, shining, convex, elliptical. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax. Eyes livid, transversely elongated, wide apart. 

 Palpi piceous. Antennze slender, setaceous, much longer than the body. 

 Prothorax short-conical, its length a little more than half its breadth ; sides 

 slightly rounded. Cerci broad, short. Legs short, thick ; femora with a 

 few spines ; spines of the tibia; numerous, long, stout. Fore wings coria- 

 ceous, convex, extending a little beyond the abdomen ; costa and tips 

 rounded; covered part of the right wing membranous and slightly paler. 

 Hiud wings as long as the fore wings and like the membranous part of the 

 latter. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' colleclion. 



Genus PARATROPES, C. D. 149. 

 Paratuopes mexicana. 

 mexicana, Watt. Blall. 151, pi. A, f. 15. 

 Mexico. 



