210 CATALOGUE OF 
band of five large transverse spots, of which the first, second and fifth are 
very incomplete, and the second and third contain black points. Femora 
and middle tibie striped with pale yellow; hind tibiz with a pale yellow 
band near the base; tarsi luteous, with piceous tips. Fore wings with 
whitish yellow speckles and with five whitish yellow lines, of which one is 
costal, two subcostal, and two near the hind border. Length of the body 
11 lines. 
It much resembles P. australasia, from which it may be distinguished 
by the more prominent thoracic spines and by the marginal spots of the 
abdomen. 
a, Moreton Bay, From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
14. Pa@ciLoMETIS COGNATUS. 
Piceus, longi-ellipticus ; caput luteo quinque-lineatum, lobo medio lobos 
laterales vix superans ; rostrum flavescens, apice nigricans, coxas 
posticas vix superans; antenne nigre, luteo trifasciale; thorax 
luteo conspersus, angulis posticis acutis; scutellum guttis tribus 
basalibus atomisque nonnullis luteis ; pectus pallide luteum, macula 
rhomboidali atomisque nigris ; venter luteus, vittis duabus dentatis 
striga subapicali atomisque nigris; pedes longiusculi, nigro vittati, 
femoribus basi lutets nigro conspersis, tarsis luteis apice piceis ; ale 
antice luteo conspers@ et sublineate, membrana nigricante. 
Piceous, dull, elongate-elliptical, thickly punctured. Head much 
shorter than the thorax, with five luteous lines; middle line slightly abbre- 
viated in front ; inner pair dislocated in the middle; outer pair marginal ; 
under side with six yellow stripes ; middle lobe hardly extending beyond 
the lateral lobes. Rostrum yellowish, extending rather beyond the hind 
coxe ; tip blackish. Antenne black; first joint partly red; second and 
third with luteous tips; second more than half the length of the third; 
fourth and fifth luteous at the base; fourth as long as the third; fifth 
much shorter. Thorax transversely luteous-speckled; each hind angle 
forming an acute and very short spine. Scutellum more thinly speckled 
with luteous, not extending beyond the angle of the corium; three luteous dots 
at the base. Pectus pale luteous, with a black rhombvidal spot in the disk 
and with black speckles. Abdomen beneath luteous, with two broad dentate 
stripes, with a short subapical black streak and with some black speckles. 
Legs rather long, striped with luteous; femora towards the base luteous, 
with black speckles; tarsi luteous, piceous towards the tips. Fore wings 
with Juteous speckles which form lines near the costa and near the hind 
border; membrane blackish. Length of the body 10 lines. 
Narrower than P. conspersus; head less elongated; spines of the 
thorax much shorter. 
The spines of the thorax are much less acute than those of P 
apicalis, 
a. Adelaide. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
15. Pa@ciLoMETIS ALIENUS. 
Flavus, subelliptieus, dense punctatus, ferrugineo conspersus ; caput fer- 
rugineo sexvittatum, lobo medio lobos laterales vix superante ; rostrum 
apice piceum, coxas posticas perpaullo superans ; antenne ferruginee ; 
thorax linea lateribus guttisque duabus flavis; scutellum gultis dua- 
