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subapical point. Lecfs shnulrv, lilack-speckled, moderately long; tibiae 

 funowed. Foie wings here aiul tluie witli patciies formed by the confluent 

 ferruginous speckles; membrane brown. Lengtli of the hndy 7 lines. 



a. New South Wales. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



9. Pcp:CII,0 METIS MODESrUS. 



modestus, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4 me Ser. v. 166. 

 Moreion Bay. 



10. PCECILOMETIS I'ASCIATUS. 



fasciatus, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4fne Ser. v. 165. 

 North Australia. 



11. PCECILOMETIS EUFICOHNIS. 



Rufesceiis, fere elliplicus ; caput nigniin, hiteo quadrivitlalitm, thorace 

 sat breviiis, subtus luteitin piceo quadrivillatum ; rostrum luteum, 

 apice nicfr am, abdominis medium attingcns; antennae rvfce ; thorax 

 nigra trivittalus, margine, atomis strigisque quatuor luteis, angulis 

 posticis acaiis ; sculellum nigrum, macutis duabus basalibus luteis^ 

 apice paliide Jliioo ; pectus piceum, lufeo conspersum ; venter Ji aims, 

 vitlis quatuor fasciaque apicali nigris ; pedes longiusculi, femoribus 

 nigro conspersis ; aLe anticce flavo conspersce, vitta nigra costali flavo 

 inarginala, striga furcata lineis duabus inargineque exleriore jfiavis^ 

 membrana nigra. 



• Reddish, nearly elliptical. Head black, rather shorter than the thorax, 

 with (our luteous lines, of which two are abbreviated hindward and the 

 other two are marginal ; under side luteous, with four piceous lines. Ros- 

 trum luteous, black towards the tip, extending to the middle of the abdo- 

 men. Anleiiriae red. Thorax wiih a narrow luteous border, with luteous 

 speckles, and with three black stripes, of which two are mart;inal and 

 irregular ; two luteous streaks on each side ; the outer pair dislocated 

 in the middle, connected wiih the marginal lines of the head ; hind 

 angles acute, prominent. Scutellum black, with an elongated luteous spot 

 on each side at the base and with a pale yellow tip. Pectus piceous, with 

 luteous speckles. Abdomen ochraceous, with two ferruginous stripes 

 which are connected at the tip, and with two narrow black marginal stripes 

 which terminate in two elongated subapical pale yellow spots ; under side 

 yellow, with four black stripes, the inner pair connected at some distance 

 from the lip and joining the connecting apical band of the outer pair. 

 Legs elongate; femora with black speckles. Coriura of the fore wings 

 speckled witii pale yellow; a black costal stripe which is bordered with 

 pale yellow; two pale yellow lines near the hind border; a pale yellow 

 streak proceeding from the pale yellow outer border to the disk, where it 

 is forked ; membrane black. Hind wings brown. Length of the body 

 7^ lines. 



a. Keppel's Isles, Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



12. PCECILOJIETIS CALIDDS. 



Saturate rufescens, longi-ellipticus, subtus Jlavus, riifo conspersus ; caput 

 lineis quinque testaceis, lobo medio lobos laterales ptrpauUo sjtper- 

 ante ; rostrum paliide teslaceum, apice nigrum, coxas posticus lomje 

 superans ; thorax testaceo septem-lincalus ; scutellum pireuin, maculis 



