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bus busttlibits liitcribus apiceque Jlavis ; pectus et venter lituris late- 

 ruiibus ferrugineis arcualis ; pedes ftrrugineo conspersi ; alee unliccB 

 ferruyinece, macula atomis noimullis lineisque qualuor Jlavis, mem- 

 brana cinereo fusco strigata. 



Yellow, almost elliptical, thickly and ininutely punctured, paler be- 

 neath. Head soracwliat shorter than the thorax, with six ferruginous 

 stripes; middle lobe hardly extendiiinf beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum 

 with a piceous tip, extending very little beyond the hind coxaj. Antenna; 

 ferruginous. Thorax thickly ferruginous-speckled, with a yellow line, with 

 yellow sides, and with a yellow dot on each side near the fore border. Scu- 

 telluin speckled like the thorax, irregularly yellow along each side, with a 

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

 under side of abdomen with a stripe of curved ferruginous marks along 

 each side. Abdomen above witli two stripes of short transverse ferruginous 

 lines on the fore borders of the segments in the disk. Legs moderately long 

 and slender, thickly ferruginous-speckled. Fore wings ferruginous, with a 

 few yellow speckles, and with four yellow lines; first line costal; second 

 subcostal ; third and fourth near the hind border; a yellow spot in the disk ; 

 membrane cinereous, with brown streaks. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Adelaide. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



16, PCECILOMETUS PLENUS. 



Pallide Jlavus, longi-elliplicus, aspere punclatus, nigricante conspersus ; 

 caput septem-lhiealum, lobo medio lobos lalerales sal snperante ; ros- 

 trum apice nigrum, abdominis segmenlum Zum attingens ; antennm 

 nigra, basijlavte ; thorax novem-iinealus, angulis posticis oblusis non 

 produclis ; scutellum sublineatum, apicc glabrum ; pectoris latera 

 nigra ; venter niger, margine strigis transversis maculaque apicali 

 trigona pallide Jlavis ; pedes nigri,femoribus basi flavis, tibiis Jlavo 

 fasciulis, tarsis luteis apice nigris ; alee anticce gutlaposlmedia lineis- 

 que duab us Jlavis, membrana nigra cinereo quadristrigata. 



Pale yellow, elongate-elliptical, roughly punctured ; punctures blackish. 

 Head nearly as long as the thorax, with seven smooth lines; middle lobe 

 extending rather beyond ihe lateral lobes ; under side with six smooth lines. 

 Eyes prominent. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending to the fore 

 border of the third abdominal segment. Antenna? black; fust joint pale 

 yellow towards the base; second yellow at the tip, longer than the first and 

 than the third. Thorax with nine smooth lines, of which the middle one 

 only is entire; transverse impression very slight; hind angles obtuse, not 

 prominent. Scutellum extending somewhat beyond the bend of the corium, 

 with much more irregular lines ihau those of the thorax ; tip smooth, pale 

 yellow. Pectus more thinly punctured, black on each side. Abdomen 

 ochraceous, with a black border which is speckled with pale yellow; under 

 side black, with a narrow pale yellow border, with a short pale yellow line 

 on the hind border of each segment, and with a large triangular pale yel- 

 low apical spot. Legs black, stout ; femora towards the base pale yellow 

 with black speckles ; tibia) with a broad pale yellow band near the base ; 

 tarsi Inteous, with black tips. Fore wings with an elongated pale yellow 

 dot in the exterior disk, and with two pale yellow lines, of which one is 

 subcostal and the other near the hind border; membrane black, with four 

 cinereous streaks. Length of the body 7 lines. 

 a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Digglcs' collection. 



