40 CATALOGUE OF 



89. Geyllus lepidus. 



Foeui Piceus, nilens, subtm albidus ; caput strigis duabus, fascia tenui, 

 qutta anteriore sfrigam emittente, facie palpisque albidis; antenna 

 • corpore paullo longiores ; prothorax plagis duabus macjms piceo 

 quttatis lateribusque albidis; cerci pallide testacei, abdomine vix 

 breviores; oviductus pallide luteus, abdomine longior ; pedes pallide 

 testacei, slriqis obscurioribus ; alee anticce villa albida, apud coslam 

 diaphana: albido venostc ; alee posticm abdomen longissvne super- 

 antes. 

 Female. Piceous, shining, whitish heneatb. Head irregularly whitish 

 about the eyes, two short slender whitish streaks proceeding from the hind 

 border • a narrow whitish band between the eyes ; an anterior whitish dot 

 which emits a streak iu front; fore part and palpi whitish. Antenna; 

 piceous, a little louger than the body. Prothorax with a large whitish 

 piceous-dotted patch on each side of the disk ; sides wholly whitish. Cerci 

 pale testaceous, almost as long as the abdomen. Oviduct pale luteous, 

 longer than the abdomen. Legs pale testaceous ; hind femora with darker 

 oblique parallel streaks on the outer side; hind tibiae with six spines on the 

 outer side and with five on the inner side, a tawny stripe beneath. Fore 

 wings with a whitish stripe along the mediastinal vein; subcostal space 

 pellucid, with whitish veins. Hind wings about twice the length of the 

 abdomen. Length of the body 8 lines. 



Very distinct from all the other described species in the markings of 

 the head and of the prothorax. 

 a. S. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



90. Geyllus sigillatus. 



Fcera. Testaceus, tomentosus ; caput luteum, nitens, fasciis duabus 

 maculaque magna anteriore strigam luteam includente nigris ; antenna 

 picea, basi testacea?, corpore multo longiores ; prothorax fasciis duabus 

 (1 a inlerrupta et abbreviata) vittisque duabus nigris ; abdomen maculis 

 dorsalibus puactis slrigisque obliquis tateralibus nigricantibus ; ovi- 

 duclus ferritgineus, corpore brevior ; femora postica fusco inlerrupte 

 slrigata ; aim vix ulla. 

 Female. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shining, luteous above, with 

 an irregular blackish band on the hind border; a black band between the 

 eyes ; a long black spot between the sockets of the antennae, including the 

 luteous ocelli and an anterior longitudinal luteous streak. Eyes black, 

 reticulated with luteous. Antennae piceous, testaceous at the base, much 

 longer than the body. Prothorax with two black bands ; the first abbre- 

 viated, interrupted ; the second on the hind border, joining on each side a 

 black stripe which is contracted in the middle. Mesolhorax with some 

 blackish spots. Metathorax with a broad blackish band. Abdomen with a 

 row of blackish spots, and on each side with some blackish points and a row 

 of oblique blackish streaks. Oviduct ferruginous, rather shorter than the 

 body. Hind femora with brown oblique interrupted streaks; hind tibiae 

 with four spines on each side. Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 

 5i lines. 



