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Male. Bright red, elongate-fusiform. Head, rostrum, antennae, legs 

 and membrane black. Head conical, shorter than the fore lobe of the pro- 

 thorax; ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Antennae 

 much longer than the head and the prothnrax together; first joint as long 

 as the ante-ocular head; second more than thrice as long as the first; 

 third a little longer than the second; fourth much shorter. Fore lobe of 

 the prothorax nearly twice as long as the hind lobe; hind part of the 

 middle furrow well defined. Abdomen black at the tip beneath. Legs 

 stout, selulose ; spongy furrow of the fore tibiae less than half as long as 

 the latter. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



a. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1846. 



110. Pirates decohellus. 

 Mas. Ferrugineus, fere linearis ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo anlico 

 vix brevius ; antennae fulvce ; scutellum apicem versus spiniforme, 

 subascendens ; connexivum pallide jlavum, nigro muculalum ; venter 

 niger ; pedes fulvi, femoribus anlicis craasis exlus piceis ; corium 

 albo bislrigalum, atro late unistrigalum ; membrana atra, apicem 

 versus nigro-cinerea. 



Male. Ferruginous, narrow, nearly linear. Head conical, nearly as 

 long as the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part rather longer than 

 the post-ocular. Antenna; tawny, longer than the head and the pro- 

 thorax together; first joint a little longer than the ante-ocular head; 

 second nearly twice as long as the first; third somewhat longer than 

 the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little more than twice as 

 long as the hind lobe; longitudinal furrows slight. Scutellum towards 

 the tip forming an obliquely ascending spine. Abdomen black beneath ; 

 connexivum pale yellow, with black spots. Legs tawny ; lore femora 

 incrassated, piceous on the outer side; furrow beneath the fore tibiae 

 less than half as long as the latter. Corium red, with a white streak 

 along the clavus and with another along the exterior border; a broad deep 

 black streak along the outer side of the first white streak. Membrane deep 

 black, blackish cinereous at the tip. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



111. Pirates glabeb. 



Fcem. Niger, glaber, nitens, fere linearis, sublus piceus ; caput longi- 

 conicum, prothoracis lobo anlico aquilongum ; antenna picea ; 

 abdomen fulvum, vilta venlreque piceis ; pedes fulvi, femoribus anlicis 

 crassis ; ala antica* picece, membrana fusco-cinerea. 



Female. Black, smooth, shining, nearly linear, piceous beneath. 

 Head elongate-conical, as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax, pro- 

 tuberant about the ocelli ; ante-ocular part more than twice as long as the 

 post-ocular. Antennae piceous, a little longer than the head and the 

 prothorax together ; first joint half as long as the ante-ocular head ; second 

 about twice as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second ; 

 fourth a little shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the, prothorax almost 

 twice as long as the hind lobe; furrows hardly visible, except the hind part 

 of the middle one. Scutellum acute ; disk concave. Abdomen tawny, 

 with a piceous stripe; under side piceous, except the connexivum. Legs 



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