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above and ferruginous beneath; the eyes ochraceous. 

 Thorax : the collar^ tubercles, a line beneath the wings 

 which has a quadrate notch in the middle, a line on the 

 sides of the mesothorax continued over the tegulge, the 

 scutellum and post-scutellum, yellow ; the anterior and 

 intermediate legs, the tarsi and posterior tibias outside, 

 yellow ; the intemnediate coxge, trochanters, the anterior 

 and intermediate femora above, the posterior coxae, tro- 

 chanters, and femora, ferruginous; the posterior tibiae 

 and basal joint of the tarsi black; the tarsal claws ferru- 

 ginous, the pulvillus between them black ; the wings hy- 

 aline. Abdomen: the second segment ferruginous, a 

 broad yellow band on the apical margin of the basal seg- 

 ment; a large yellow subovate macula on each side of the 

 second segment, from which a short narrow line, termi- 

 nating in a point, runs inwards ; the apical margins of the 

 following segments bordered with yellow. 

 Hab. Champion Bay, 



Fam. CRABRONID^. 



Gen. Crabeo. 



1. Crahro neglectus. 



Male. Length 4 lines. Black; with orange bands on 

 the abdomen. Head wider than the thorax ; the clypeus 

 silvery ; the scape yellow. Thorax : an interrupted 

 orange line on the collar : the anterior legs, and the in- 

 termediate tibiae and tarsi, ferruginous; the anterior tibiae 

 white at their apex; wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures 

 black; the metathorax coarsely rugose. Abdomen: 

 smooth and shining, an interrupted orange line on the 

 second segment near the basal margin, and an entire 

 fascia at the basal margin of the fourth segment: the 

 apical margins of the following segments narrowly rufo- 

 testaceous. 



Hab. South Australia. 



In the British Museum. 



2. Crahro nigro-maculatus. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. Black : the abdomen fer- 

 ruginous, with a large black macula. Head as wide as 

 the thorax ; the ocelli in a triangle, the scape, and three 



