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base, and with a broad yellow band near tbe tip. Sheath of the 

 oviduct piceous, recurved to the tip of the scutellum. Hind coxae 

 with a yellow lanceolate streak above ; hind femora with a curved 

 yellow band on the outer side near the base, armed beneath with 

 eight minute spines ; knees and tarsi reddish. Wings blackish. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



The short oviduct of L. Sinensis, and the large spines of its hind 

 femora, besides other characters, sufficiently distinguish it from this 

 species. 



Japan. 



L. Austraxis. Mas. Nigra ; frons rufo quadrimaculata ; antenna- 

 rum articulus lus luteus, apice supra niger ; prothorax striga discali 

 transversa fusiformi rufa ; abdominis dorsum dimidio apicali rufo 

 strigis duabus lateralibus latis lanceolatis nigris ; pedes run, coxis 

 femoribusque nigris, femoribus posticis subtus denticulatis, tibiis 

 anticis et posticis extus nigro strigatis ; alae anticae fuscae, apud 

 costam nigricantes. 



Male. Black, very thickly and minutely punctured, with short 

 cinereous pubescence. Front with two red spots on each side. 

 Antennae subclavate ; first joint luteous, black at the tip above. 

 Prothorax with a transverse fusiform red streak in the disk. Abdo- 

 men red for full half the length from the tip ; under side wholly 

 black, emitting a broad black lanceolate streak on each side towards 

 the dorsum. Legs red ; coxae and femora black ; hind femora with 

 several minute teeth beneath ; fore tibiae and hind tibiae with a black 

 streak on the outer side. Wings brown. Fore wings blackish along 

 the costa. Length of the body 5 lines. 



South Australia. 



L. exornata. Fawi. Nigra ; antennae basi subtus luteae ; pro- 

 thorax linea transversa postica lutea ; mesothorax lineolis duabus 

 obliquis luteis; abdomen maculis duabus basalibus triangularibus, 

 fascia postica arcuata guttisque duabus elongatis apicalibus luteis ; 

 oviductus mesothoracem attingens ; coxae posticae luteo univittatae ; 

 femora postica luteo unifasciata ; tarsi picei ; alae nigricantes. 



Female. Black, scabrous, with cinereous pubescence. Antennae 

 subclavate ; scape luteous beneath. Prothorax with a luteous trans- 

 verse line near the hind border. Mesothorax with a short slender 

 oblique luteous line on each side, near the base of the fore wing. 

 Abdomen with a luteous elongated triangular spot on each side of the 

 first segment, which is long and slightly straightened ; an arched 

 luteous band on the fourth segment, and an elongated luteous dot on 



