250 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



shaped: abdomen obconical, much shorter than the chest, tvith a broad 

 tawny stripe from the base till near the tip which is blue, and has near it an 

 almost annular brassy green marlc ; underside tawny : legs tawny ; feet 

 black, tawny at the base; hind-thighs rather stout, with black tips; hind- 

 shanks slightly curved, pitchy with a broad middle tawny band : wings 

 almost colotirless : wing-ribs pitchy ; veins black, pitchy at the base and 

 along the fore borders. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



Ekistalis epitome, Fem. 



Fulvus, thoracis vittis quatuor pectorisque disco nigris, abdomine nigra 

 maculis 6 ventreque fulris, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. tarsis 

 fulvis apice nigris, alis limpidis. 



Head black, tawny in front, adorned with tawny down which is paler 

 on the face ; a bare shining stripe on the face, convex in the middle ; 

 crown clothed with black hairs; epistoma convex : mouth black: feelers 

 ferruginous; sixth joint tawny, black towards the tip: chest and breast 

 tawny, clothed with short tawny hairs ; chest adorned ivith four black 

 stripes ; disk of the breast black ; scutcheon shining : abdomen black, ob- 

 conical, a little shorter than the chest, adorned with three pairs of tawny 

 spots, first pair very large and forming a broad interrupted band near the 

 base, second pair much smaller, third still smaller; underside tawny and 

 shining, and this hue extends slightly on each side above towards the se- 

 cond and third pairs of spots : legs ferruginous ; feet mostly tawny, their 

 tips black ; claws and foot-cushions tawny ; tips of the claws black ; hind- 

 thighs slender ; hind-shanks slightly curved, rather broad : wings colour- 

 less ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



New Holland. 



