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testaceous, unmarked, extending nearly to the apex ; humeral 

 streak deep brown to deep black, narrow near base, broad to- 

 wards the middle, beyond this interrupted by the pale veins ; 

 remainder of area with numerous small, more or less intensely 

 dark spots, a2:)ical part with regular, transverse, whitish veinlets ; 

 left elytron wholly opaque and speckled to the apex, the right 

 one with the apical part unmarked and j)ellucid where covered, 

 limit oblique sinuous. Wings brown or blackish, costal margin 

 opaque, whitish in the middle ; veins deep brown ; transverse 

 veinlets narrowly whitish. Abdomen obscurely testaceous, more 

 or less distinctly banded above with brown. Underside and legs 

 pale, stigmata and sjDines black. Supra-anal lamina large, entire 

 or slightly emarginate, pale. The insect appears to be almost 

 black, excepting the pale margin, when at rest. 



Feynale. — Blackish, with pale longitudinal bands, obscured and 

 interrupted by black speckles. Head and abdomen marked as in 

 the male ; hindmargin of all segments with short, black vitt?e, 

 hindangles straight or slightly produced. Underside of thorax 

 and the legs pale, ventral abdominal segments reddish, with broad 

 black margin laterally, either entire or interrupted by pale spots, 

 or a Inroad red space at the apex. Supra-ana] lamina broad, 

 rounded, entire or slightly furrowed in the middle. Larva3 and 

 nymphs similar to female, paler, and the markings more distinct 

 than in the adults. 



Male. 

 Length of body ... 17-20 mm. 



Length of elytra ... 20-24 " 



Length of pronotum ... 5 " 



Width of pronotum ... 6-7 " 

 Width of abdomen ... 7 " 



Habitat. — Ardrossan, Yorke's Pen., Callington, Sedan, Port 

 Pirie, Bordertown, Kangaroo Island: South Australia; Lillimur, 

 N.W. Victoria. S.A. Museum. Australia (^ I^o/^•er, loc. cit.). 



I have re-described the species under Walker's name, as it 

 appears to agree fairly well with his description, incomplete as it 

 is, in order to avoid a new name. It is widely distributed, 

 inhabits dry, hot localities, and has the habits of E. gracilis. 



Epilampra Fraserensis, sjjec. 7iov. 



Male. — Resembling the last. Pronotum without distinct 

 median line, with two oblique, pale stripes parallel to the lateral 

 margins. Mesonotum and scutellum with a blackish transverse 

 land and dots. Elytra much narrower and longer in proportion, 

 with brown blotches (partly confluent with sinuous bands), es^^eci- 

 ally in the anal area. Abdomen above with broad, blackish, 

 transverse bands notably conspicuous in the last segments, and a 



