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6. Anterior t-wo-tbirds or more of mesonotum 

 clothed with pale golden scales, rest dark; 

 the rings on the tarsi are not very distinct. 4. australiensis. 

 Thorax differently adorned 6. 



6. Thoracic scales pale ochreous, with four very 



distinct dark longitudinal lines ; abdomen 



nearly all pale ocbreous o. vittiger. 



Species not at all resembling the last 7. 



7. Integument of wings with a large dark patch 



towards ccsta in middle 6. vandema. 



Integument of wings not peceptibly darlcened. 8. 



8. Wings conspicuously mottled with light and 



dark scales 9. 



Wings not conspicuously mottled 10. 



9. Scales and integument of mesonotum deep 



chocolate-brown : tarsal rings indistinct 



(on anterior legs : others missing) 7. strichlandi. 



Scales of mesonotum yellowish brown ; tar- 

 sal rings distinct 8. flavifrons. 



10. Femora, and often tibias and metatarsi, 



mottled with light and dark scales .... 11. 

 Legs not mottled 15. 



1 1 . Tibiae mottled ; last hind tarsal joint whitish 



at base 12. 



Tibiae not mottled ; last hind tarsal joint 

 entirely dark 14. 



12. Lateral pale spots of abdominal segments 



(which foi'm part of the pale band at the 

 base of each segment) spreading out to- 

 wards the middle hne in the middle of the 



segments 1-3. 



Lateral spots of abdomen without median 



projections 9. labecidosus. 



13. Thorax nearly black ; female palpi white 



only at the tip 10. vifjUax. 



Thorax more reddish ; female palpi pale at 



the tip and near the middle 11. tiocturnus. 



14. Femora with a rather distinct pale ring near 



the tip ; thorax darker 12. alboannulatus. 



Femora without any pale ring ; thorax 



lighter 13. occidentalis. 



15. Last joint of hind tarsi white only at base. . 14. ruhriihorax. 

 Last joint of hind tarsi entirely white .... 15. qitasirubrithorax. 



16. Femora (at least those of the four anterior 



legs) distinctly mottled 17. 



Femora not at all mottled 19. 



17. Integument of thorax "deep brown or pitchy 



black " 16. sagax. 



* Integument of thorax reddish brown ; basal 

 joint of antenna yellowish, but with a 

 black spot on the inner side 18. 



18. A line of broad white scales in front of the 



wing-base 17. tasmanietisis. 



No such scales present 18. australis. 



19. Scales of mesonotum dark brown, a trans- 



verse band of pale brown ones in the 



middle : small species 20. multiplex. 



'So transverse pale band on mesonotum .... 20. 



