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the tip. Tibiae and tavsi tawny ; furrow beneath the fore tibiae hardly 

 one-third as long as the latter. Coriiun with two pale yellow stripes, 

 which are irregularly forked and connected towards their tips, one subcostal, 

 the other along the clavus. Var. /3. — Hind femora yellow, except at the 

 base and towards the tips. Tibia? and tarsi yellow. Streaks of the corium 

 not forked nor connected. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



95. Pirates sculpturatos. 



Mas. Niger, longi-subfusiformis ; caput fusi forme, prothoracis lobo 

 antico inulto lonyius ; prothoracis lobus anticus sulcis sex bene 

 determinatis ; lobus posticus luteo quadrimaculatus, anyulis laterali- 

 bus subacutis ; sculellum apicem versus spiniforme, subascendens ; 

 connexivum luteo maculatum ; femora apice luteo fasciata ; corium 

 strigis quinque longitudinalibus slriguque exteriore transversa Jlavis ; 

 membranes vence fiavescente marginutce. 



Male. Black, elongate-subfusiform. Head fusiform, much longer 

 than the fore lobe of the protborax ; ante-ocular part as long as the post- 

 ocular. Antennae slender, much longer than the head and the prothorax 

 together ; first joint nearly as long as the head ; second nearly twice as long 

 as the first ; third longer than the second. P'ore lobe of the prothorax with 

 six strongly-marked furrows, of which the outer pair are abbreviated in 

 front and the two inner pairs are curved. Hind lobe as long as the fore 

 lobe, with four large luteous spots; side angles prominent, slightly acute. 

 Scutellum forming towards the tip an acute obliquely ascending spine. 

 Connexivum with luteous spots. Femora with a luteous band near the tip. 

 Furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae less than half as long as the 

 latter. Corium with five yellow streaks, of which the three outer are 

 connected at their tips by a transverse yellow streak. Membrane with 

 yellowish-bordered veins. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Java. 



Australia. 



A. Prothorax black. 



a. Legs red. 



* Disk of abdomen regularly black. 

 f Legs slender. - - - - 



•ft Legs stout. - 



** Disk of abdomen irregularly black. 



b. Legs not red. 



* Wings complete. 



f Fore wings with a pale subapical spot. 

 J Corium red. - - - - 



|| Corium not red. - 



ff Fore wings with no pale subapical spot. 

 X Legs black. 



§ Antenna? not pale towards the tips. 

 X Corium wholly lawny. 

 X X Corium with a pale spot. 



truculentus. 

 diversus. 

 ornatus. 



decorellus. 

 decoratus. 



fulvipennis. 



