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4. PcECILOMETIS LINl'.ATUS, C. H. 171. 



a. AiisliMlia. Presenled by Sir J. Ricliaidsmi. 



/', c. Swan River. PreseiUeil by Sir J. Richardson. 



Var. ? — Fulvus, elli/Hicus, subiiiUer pnnclatus, fusco conspersus, siibtus 

 luteus ; caput llwrace tnullo Irevius, spatiis duohus ylabris, luho 

 jnedio lobos lutcrales vix superanle ; rostrum apice nigrum, coxas 

 posticus paullo superans ; anlnuice rufce, graciles, corpore vix bre- 

 viores, ariiculo \o ferruginco, bo nigro ; thorax lineis duabus Jlavis 

 marginalibus, angulis posticis oilusis ; sculellum gultis duabus basal- 

 ibus apiceque flu vis ; venter pLigii apicali nigra ; pedes longiusculi, 

 sat graciles, femnribus posticis apice nigris, tibiis tarsisque apice 

 piceis; ; nice anticce gulta puslmcdia nigra, mcmbrana nigricanle 

 pallida venosa. 



Tawny, elliptic>il, thickly and mimuely punctured with brown, luteous 

 beneath. Head much shorter than the thorax, contracted on each side be- 

 tween the eye and the base of the antenna ; a space on each side lielween 

 the eye and the ocelhis wilhout punctures; middle lobe hstrdly exleiKJing 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum with a black tip, extending a liule 

 beyond the hind coxse. Antennae red, slender, almost as long as the body; 

 first joint .ferruginous ; second and third longer than the first ; fourth 

 longer than the third ; fifili black, red at the base, a little shorter than the 

 fourti). Thorax wiih a narrow yellow marginal line between the fore 

 border and the base of the wing ; hmd angles not prominent nor acute. 

 Sculellum with a yellow dot on each side at the base, and with a yellow 

 tip. Pectus with two black points on each side. Abdomen ochraceous, 

 black along each side; underside with a black apical patch and wiib black 

 spiracles. Legs elongate, rather slender: hind femora black towards tlie 

 lips; tibiaj and tarsi with piceous tips. Fore wings with a black dot in 

 the disk beyond the middle; membrane blackish. Hind wings cinereous; 

 veins red towards the base. Length of the body 7 lines. 



d. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



5. PCECILOJIETIS STRIGATUS, C. H. 17L 



a — d. Australia. 



e, f. Australia. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



g — i. I*sew South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 

 j. Ausiralia. Fmm Mr. Daniel's collection. 

 k. -? Frum Mr. Vigors' collection. 



6. PCECILOMETIS PATRUEHS. 



patruelis, Slal, Eng. Resa, 224. 

 Sydney. 



Var,? — Piccus, siibliliter puuctalns, subtus hit' us; caput Jlavo quiuque- 

 tinealum, lobo medio iobo-t laleralea pnulln siiperanle ; raUruin pul/i'le 

 luteun\,iipic(' nigrum, coxas posticus paullo suprruns ; aiilcritue piccw, 

 arliculis lo 2i>que rufis ; thorax atomis murgineque Jlavis, spinis 

 loiigis acutis apice rufis; scutellum guttis Iribus basulibui apiceque 

 luleis ; pectus ferrugiiieo-consp-^rsum ; venter playa ventraii nigra 

 magna ; pedes rufi, long), fcmoribus Jlavo viltntis ; alee anticce punctis 

 nonnullis, gut/a postnudia, costa, margine cxteriorc liueisque duabus 



