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Male. Bright red, elongate-fusiform. Head, rostrum, antennae, legs 

 and membrane black. Head conical, shorter than the fore lobe of the pro- 

 tborax ; ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Antenna? 

 much longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint as long 

 as the ante-ocular head; second more than thrice as long as the first; 

 third a little longer than the second ; fourth much shorter. Fore lobe of 

 the prothorax nearly twice as long as the hind lobe; hind part of the 

 middle furrow well defined. Abdomen black at the tip beneath. Legs 

 stout, setulose ; spongy furrow of the fore libit© less than half as long as 

 the latter. Length of the body Q\ lines. 



a. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1846. 



110. Pirates decorellus. 



Mas. Ferrugineus, fere linearis ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo antico 

 vix brevius ; antenna fulva : sculellum apicem versus spiniforme, 

 subascendens ; connexivum pallide Jlavum, nigro maculutum ; venter 

 niger ; pedes fulvi, femoribus anticis crassis exlus piceis ; coriutn 

 albo bislrigalum, atro late unistrigatum ; membrana atra, apicem 

 versus nigro-cinerea. 



Male. Ferruginous, narrow, nearly linear. Head conical, nearly as 

 long as the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part rather longer than 

 the post-ocular. Antenna? tawny, longer than the head and the pro- 

 thorax together; first joint a little longer than the ante-ocular head; 

 second nearly twice as long as the first; third somewhat longer than 

 the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little more than twice as 

 long as the hind lobe; longitudinal furrows slight. Scutellum towards 

 the tip forming an obliquely ascending spine. Abdomen black beneath ; 

 connexivum pale yellow, with black spots. Legs tawny ; fore femora 

 incrassated, piceous ou the outer side; furrow beneath the fore tibiae 

 less than half as long as the latter. Coriutn red, with a white streak 

 along the clavus and with another along the exterior border; a broad deep 

 black streak along the outer side of the first white streak. Membrane deep 

 black, blackish cinereous at the tip. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



111. Pirates glaber. 



Fcem. Niger, glaber, nilens, fere linearis, subtas piceus ; caput longi- 

 conicum, prothoracis lobo antico aquilongum ; antenna picea ; 

 abdomen fulvum, vilta ventreque piceis ; pedes fulvi, femoribus anticis 

 crassis ; alee antica picece, membrana fusco-cinerea. 



Female. Black, smooth, shining, nearly linear, piceous beneath. 

 Head elongate-conical, as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax, pro- 

 tuberant about the ocelli ; ante-ocular part more than twice as long as the 

 post-ocular. Antenna? piceous, a little longer than the head and the 

 prothorax together; first joint half as long as the ante-ocular head; second 

 about twice as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second ; 

 fourth a little shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax almost 

 twice as long as the hind lobe; furrows hardly visible, except the hind part 

 of the middle one. Scutellum acute; disk concave. Abdomen tawuy, 

 with a piceous stripe; under side piceous, except the connexivum. Legs 



