276 Eev. F. D. Morice's Notes on Austral ion Saieflies. 



All tibiae at least (usually the tarsi also) entirely pale, or black- 

 ened only at their apices 25. 



25. Antennae black 26. 



— Antennae never black, but yellow or testaceous .... 27. 

 2<>. Scutellum pale, labium and abdomen entirely black, saw (very 



peculiar) PL XV, Fig. 10 bicolor, Leach. 



Victoria and N. 8. Wales. Type in B.M. 



— - Scutellum Mack, labium yellow, abdomen yellow at base and 



apex spinolae, Westw. 



Victoria. Type at Oxford. 



27. Small species, about 13 mm. long. Hind tibiae blackened at 



apex. Body almost entirely testaceous, excepl that the 

 pronotum is bordered with yellow. Westwood described 

 this + ;i* a new species (viz. dalmanni), but I think Koium 

 is right in considering it to be the $ of latreillei described 

 (from a j only) by Leach. 



latreillei, Leach = dalmanni, Westw. 



Adelaide to Sydney. Type of latreillei ( ]) in B.M. 

 Type of dalmanni ($) at Oxford. 



— Larger forms, about 17 mm. long or more. Hind tibiae pale at 



apex 28. 



28. Abdomen without white or yellow lateral markings; it is 



either testaceous entirely, or testaceous with the apex black. 

 above, beneath, and at the sides 29. 



— Each side of the abdomen is ornamented with a continuous 



series of uniform white or yellow marks. These are situated 

 on the lateral margins of the successive dorsal plates; but, 

 since the latter are folded inwards under the abdomen, the 

 marks to be fully seen must be viewed vent rally.* . . 30. 

 l'!). Hind femora broadly blackened, contrasting strongly with the 

 testaceous tibiae and tarsi. Thorax above, including the 

 pronotum and scutellum, almost entirely black, dull and 

 deeply punctured. Abdomen testaceous throughout. Fore- 

 wingS with a Strong yellow stain except at their margins which 

 are faintly violaceous in certain lights. Saw. PI. XV, Fig. 8. 

 About 16 mm. long hartigii, Westw. 



Type at Oxford. 



Similar marks bave been already mentioned as occurring in 



some species of other- groups [polita, antiopa, etc.). 



