203 CATALOGUE OF 



wings, more or less cloiuled wilh brown. Pectus pale testaceous, black 

 with testaceous speckles along each side. Abdomen vviih black margina 

 spots; underside black, excepting le-laceous niaii;iii;il dots and three tes 

 laceous stripes, of which one is alilneviated and iwu are macular. Legs 

 elongate ; femora, except near the base, black-speckled, some of ihe speckles 

 confluent; tibire with two black bands, one at the base, tlie other near the 

 lip ; tarsi black towards the tips. Fore wings wilh 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 Parry's collection. 



5. SpUDiEUS LTGNARIUS. 



Testacfus, suhfusifoniiis, rude punctatu.t, ferrin/inen el fusco eonspersns ; 

 caput ihorace partllo hreciii.i, vittis fluabiis ahbreviatis maculisque 

 qiiatuor virirlibus, Libit medio lubu.s pos/ii-os pnullo superanle ; rostrum 

 abdominis segmentuin 'Amn altingeris ; anteunce <:/riui/lii)uc, eorpore 

 breviores ; thorax li/nris duabus anlicis piceis, slriyis duabus cLuvalis 

 viridi-piceis, angnlis pnsiicis subobtusis ; scutellu)n gutlis duabus 

 basaiibus glahris pallide luteis,strigis duabus antieis plai/isgue duabus 

 piceis; pectus villis duabus viridibus talis indeterminatis ; venter 

 vittis duabus macu/aribus villisgue duabus exterinribus indeterminatis 

 piceis; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, fusco cnn\persi ; alee anlicce 

 fusco plagialw, membrana cinerea. Var. j8. — Thoracis lilurce exle- 

 riores obsnle/ce ; venlris villce maculares subobsolelce. Var. y. — »S'fM- 

 lelluni basi luleo siynatum ; venlris villce maculares obsoletce ; pedes 

 niyro conspersi, tarsis piceis basi luleis. 



Testaceous, nearly fusiform, laruely punctured; punctures ferruginous 

 or brown. Head a little shoitur than the tiiorax, with two green stripes 

 which are abbreviated in front, with a green spot on each side of the hind 

 border, and wilh another on each side between liie eye and the base of the 

 antenna; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes; punc- 

 tures mostly arranged in Iniigiludinal series; under side wilh two much 

 dislocated green stripes. E}es very prominent. Rostrum extending h 

 little beyond the fore border of the third abdominal segn)ent. Antennoe 

 very slender, rather shorter than the body ; first joint about half the length 

 of the head ; second a little shorter than the first, and hardly half the length 

 of the third ; fourth a little longer than the third ; fifth shorter than the 

 fourth. Thorax with two clavaie (liceous partly green streaks, which pro- 

 ceed from the fore border and diverge from each other and are connected 

 with two exterior ]>iceous maiks near the fore border; hind angles slightly 

 obtuse, not prominent. Sculellum very uarrow towards the tip, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind angle of the corium, wilh 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 wilh 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 to the fourth 

 segment. Legs brown-speckled, rather long and slender. Fore wings wilh 

 the punctures clustered iiere and there together, and forming patches; 

 membrane cinereous, with brown veins. Var. j5. — Exterior brown marks 

 on the thorax obsolete. Abdomen beneath with ihe two inner stripes almost 

 obsolete. Var. y. — Sculellum luteous in the middle towards the base. 

 Abdomen beneath with ihe inner stripes obsolete. Legs black-speckled ; 

 tarsi piceous, luteous at the base. Length of the body 7 — 7^ lines. 



