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lorae, whitish, more or less punctured finely with brownish red. 

 Tegmina blackish brown, a vVhite blotch near the base (wit'h a 

 black speck in the middle), an irregular stripe near the apex 

 and one or two small spots near the commissure. Wings 

 smoky, veins black. Legs black, coxae, 'base of femora, base 

 of spines on posterior tibiae, and basal four-fifths of ist. seg- 

 ment of posterior tarsi, whitish. Abdomen pale yellowish, geni- 

 tal segments black. Penultimate sternite obtusangularly emar- 

 ginate, pygofers rather s'hort and stout. 



Length: 8| mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Brisbane (vi). 



Var: I have in my own collection, some forms from Queens- 

 land, which I can only refer to this species; the head and prono- 

 tum are more irrorated with testaceous. Scutellum oc'hraceous 

 irrorated with black, the anterolateral angles black. The teg- 

 minal veins are pinkish where they cross over the whitish fas- 

 ciae. Abdomen sang'uineous, genital segment black. 



3. hicindcUus, sp. nov. 



Closely allied to E. bicincta (Eridhson). Shining black; pos- 

 terior t'hree-fourt'hs of genae, exterior half of lorae, the coxae, 

 basal three-fourths of femora, base_ of ti'bial spines, basal two- 

 thirds of I St. segment of posterior tarsi, testaceous. Posterior 

 margin of pronotum very narrowly, an oblique stripe from 

 about middle of costa to middle of lateral margin of scutellum, 

 and another band (narrowing internally) near apex of tegm!na, 

 white- Wings smoky, veins black. 



Male: Sternites black, posterior margin of each narrowly 

 testaceous, last segment with a large testaceous triangle. Geni- 

 tal segment black. 



Female: Sternites ^ale testaceous, genital segment black. 

 Last segment very short, almost concealed by previous one, 

 apically sinuate, medianly notc'hed. 



Var: Dark parts of 'head, pronotum and scutellum more or 

 less, or entirely, castaneous. 



Length: (>h-7\ mill. 



Hab: Queensland (mv collection), New South Wales, Mit- 

 tagong (i). 



4. oniatHs, sp. nov. 



Allied to E. cuinulosus. Head and pronotum dark brown mot- 

 tled with whitish. Exterior half of lorae whitish. Scutellum 



