in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 197 



third joint ; thorax with four stripes of slightly cupreous to- 

 mentum, sides slightly gilded ; scutellum slightly cupreous ; pectus 

 blackish cinereous ; abdomen short, obconical, slightly cupreous 

 above, with a black band on the hind border of each segment, 

 tip somewhat bristly ; wings grey, brownish at the base and along 

 most of the costa ; veins black, praebrachial vein forming a very 

 obtuse angle at its flexure, very shghtly curved from thence to 

 its tip, which joins the costal vein at some distance in front of the 

 tip of the wing; discal transverse vein curved inward near its 

 hind end, parted from the border by a little less than its own 

 length, and from the flexure of the praebrachial by a little more 

 than its own length ; alulae lurid. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Hindostan. 



^<;^A,^,Gvv"3T^ ^ Eurigaster Tasmanice. 



' farm. — Nigra, robusta, capite aurato-testaceo subtus tumido, 



frontalibus luteis, facialibus setosis, oculis pubescentibus, 



antennis basi rufescentibus, thorace cinereo lineis quatuor 



nigris, scutello ferrugineo, abdomine rufescente-nigro, apice 



albido, alis subcinereis basi testaceis, alulis albis. 



Female. — Black, stout ; head testaceous, tumid beneath, with 



gilded tomentum ; frontalia dull luteous, widening towards the 



antennae, the bristles descending to one-third of the length of the 



face ; facialia with bristles along the whole length ; epistoma very 



prominent ; eyes pubescent ; antennae black, reddish at the base, 



extending to the epistoma ; third joint linear, six times the length 



of the second ; arista stout to its tip, rather shorter than the 



third joint ; thorax with cinereous tomentum, which is interrupted 



by four slender black lines ; scutellum ferruginous ; abdomen 



reddish black, shining, pilose, and with several bristles, whitish 



and shining at the tip ; wings slightly greyish, testaceous at the 



base; veins black; prasbrachial vein forming an obtuse angle at 



its flexure, very slightly curved inward from thence to its tip, 



which joins the costal vein at some distance in front of the tip of 



the wing ; discal transverse vein hardly undulating, parted by 



little more than half its length from the border, and by much 



less than its length from the flexure of the praebrachial ; alulae 



white. 



Length of the body 4| Hnes ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 Tasmania. 



