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dots, forming as many longitudinal lines ; hindmargin with the 

 usual vittse. Ventral segments very broadly black laterally, 

 confluent at the apex of the abdomen, with some pale spots ; 

 disk reddish-brown or ferruginous, with a few black spots ; of 

 male pale, except the submarginal piceous spots. Supra-anal 

 lamina broad, rounded, middle wrinkled. Cerci slender, pale. 

 Subgenital lamina of male subquadrate, entire, truncate. 



Habitat. — Goolwa, Blakiston, Mannum, Kangaroo Island r 

 South Australia. March to April. S.A. Museum. 



The black raised vittae of the hindmargin of the (female) 

 abdominal segments are remarkably long, and in the spaces above 

 small imjoressed dots, forming two irregular transverse series, are 

 noticed. As this is probably the species described by Walker 

 as PoJyzosteria propria from Western Australia, Victoria, New 

 South Wales, and Tasmania, I have retained his sjDecific name 



Epilampra atra, spec. nov. 



Black, shining. Elytra of both sexes lobiform. Head pale, 

 vertex and face l^rownish ; sides, antennae, and mouth parts dirty 

 yellowish. Pronotum with fore and lateral margins narrowly 

 pale dusky yellowish, dotted with brown ; disk more or less 

 clouded with indefined lurid marks. Elytra with costa dirty- 

 yellowish, remainder black, a deep furrow along the radial vein. 

 Wings absent. Abdomen shining black, anterior angles very 

 narrowly yellowish ; submarginally with an indefined row of 

 lurid spots or bars when young. Underside and legs reddish- 

 brown ; ventral abdominal segments partly with black lateral 

 margins and submarginal rows of oblique elongate spots. 



Male. Female. 



Length of body ... ... 23 mm. 25-27 mm. 



Length of elytra 3 " 4-5 " 



Length of pronotum ... 6 " 6 " 



Width of pronotum ... 10 " 12 



Width of abdomen ... 15 " 15 " 



Habitat. —^edan, Murray Scrub, South Australia. S. A. 

 Museum. 



The specimens, one male, and two females, were presented by 

 Mr. F. Pvothe, who captured them in December, 1885. 



The species differs from all others, besides the colour, in tlie 



