202 CATALOGUE OF 
wings, more or less clouded with brown. Pectus pale testaceous, black 
with testaceous speckles along each side. Abdomen with black margiua 
spots; under side black, excepting testaceous marginal dots and three tes 
taceous stripes, of which one is abbreviated and two are macular. Legs 
elongate ; femora, except near the base, black-speckled, some of the speckles 
confluent; tibie with two black bands, one at the base, the other near the 
tip; tarsi black towards the tips. Fore wings with a brown patch near the 
tip of the corium ; membrane brown. Length of the body 10 lines. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
b. Moreton Bay. From Major Parvy’s collection. 
5. SpuD#US LIGNARIUS. 
Testaceus, subfusiformis, rude punctatus, ferrugineo et fusco conspersus ; 
caput thorace paullo brevius, vittis duabus abbreviatis maculisque 
guatuor viridibus, lobo medio lobos posticos paullo superante ; rostrum 
abdominis segmentum 3um attingens ; antenne gracillime, corpore 
breviores ; thorax lituris duabus anticis piceis, strigis duabus clavatis 
viridi-piceis, angulis posticis subobtusis ; scutellum guttis duabus 
basalibus glabris pallide luteis, strigis duabus anticis plagisque duabus 
piceis; pectus viltis duabus viridibus latis indeterminatis ; venter 
viltis duabus macularibus vittisque duabus exterioribus indeterminatis 
piceis ; pedes longiuseuli, sat graciles, fuseo conspersi ; ale antice 
fusco plagiate, membrana cinerea. Var. B.—Thoracis liture exte- 
riores obsolete ; ventris ville maculares subobsolete. Var. y—Scu- 
tellum basi luteo signatum ; ventris vitte maculares obsolete; pedes 
niyro conspersi, tarsis piceis basi luleis. 
Testaceous, nearly fusiform, largely punctured; punctures ferruginous 
or brown. Head a little shorter than the thorax, with two green stripes 
which are abbreviated in front, with a green spot on each side of the hind 
border, and with another on each side between the eye and the base of the 
antenna; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral Jobes; punc- 
tures mostly arranged in longitudinal series; under side with two much 
dislocated green stripes. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum extending a 
little beyond the fore border of the third abdominal segment. Antenne 
very slender, rather shorter than the body ; first joint about half the length 
of the head; second a little shorter than the first, aud hardly half the length 
of the third ; fourth a little longer than the third; fifth shorter than the 
fourth. Thorax with two clavate piceous partly green streaks, which pro- 
ceed from the fore border and diverge from each other and are connected 
with two exterior piceous marks near the fore border; hind angles slightly 
obtuse, not pfominent. Scutellum very narrow towards the tip, extending 
somewhat beyond the hind angle of the corium, with a smooth pale luteous 
dot on each side at the base, with two transverse piceous streaks on the 
fore border, and with two elongated piceous patches. Pectus with two 
broad much excavated green stripes. Abdomen beneath with four piceous 
stripes; the inner pair macular; the outer pair entire, very irregular, green 
in some aspects; a slight furrow extending from the base tv the fourth 
segment. Legs brown-speckled, rather long and slender. Fore wings with 
the punctures clustered here and there together, and forming patches ; 
membrane cinereous, with brown veins. Var. 8.—Exterior brown marks 
on the thorax obsolete. Abdomen beneath with the two inner stripes almost 
obsolete. Var. y.—Scutellum luteous in the middle towards the base. 
Abdomen beneath with the inner stripes obsolete. Legs black-speckled ; 
tarsi piceous, luteous at the base. Length of the body 7—7} lines. 
