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describing the iipper surface of an iinexrandod spécimen, but 

 KiRKALDY stiould havc been in no doubt. as be states (supra 

 p. 356) distincta SiGN. = spéculant Walk. and Walker describes 

 the abdomen as « bright red ». 



Eurymela subnigricans sp. n. — Vertex, pronotum and 

 scutellum Ijlack ; central basai inargin of vertox, latéral and poste- 

 rior margins of pronotum, and latéral margins and apex of scutel- 

 lum narrowly dull dark red ; head beneath, face and clypeus black, 

 cheeks pale ochraceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, ttie 

 abdomen pale testaceous, tibia3,tarsi and apices of femora black; teg- 

 mina black with a short discal transverse fascia before middle 

 Gomniencing at claval suture and not reaching costal margin and a 

 narrow transverse fascia before apical area much widened on costal 

 margin pale yellowish-white, margins narrowly dull dark red ; 

 pronotum strongly transversely wrinkled ; scutellum coarsely 

 punctate on basai area, with an angulate opaque spot near each 

 basai angle, strongly transversely impressed before apical area 

 which is transversely wrinkled ; basai area of head beneath granu- 

 lose, face moderately smoolh and shining, centrally longitudinally 

 and laterally punctate. 



Long. incl. tegm. Ç 12 mill. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales ; Rose Bay (Froggatt. — Brit. Mus.) 



AUied to E. distincta Sign. 



Eurymela atra. 



Eanjinela atraW ALK., List lloin., III, p. 645(1851). 

 Euripnela inaura SiGN. (nec Fabr.), An)i. Soc. Eut. Er., (2) VIII, 

 p! 507 (1850). 



The species identified by Signoret as raaura Fabr. is the atra 

 Walk. The type of maura Fabr. is in the Banksian collection of 

 the British Muséum, and has the sternum and abdoff.en sangui- 

 neous as described by Fabricius. Walkers type has the posterior 

 margin of the pronotum, and the margins of the tegmina reddish 

 testaceous. 



E. atra is one of the smaller species of Eurytaela. E. DtauraFABR. 

 is a Eurymeloides. 



Eurymela semifascia. 



Eurymela semifascia Walk., List Ho))i., III, p. 643(1851). 

 Eurymela (Eurymela) rubrolimbata Kirk , Hep. Exp. Stal. Haw. 



Plant. Assoc, Pt. IX, p. 354(1906). 



Hab. : S. Australia (Bakewell. — Brit. Mus.), Melbourne (Brit. 

 Mus.), Tasmania (Brit. Mus.) 



