HEMirTERA IIETEUOPTEP.A. 37 J( 



towards llie tip. Ahcloincn lilack above; connexiviim pale yellow; spi- 

 racles black; veiilral sjiinc obliise, not exteiulinj,' to llie bind coxa). Le^^s 

 pale {jicen ; libiic liinowed; tarsi tawny. Fore win <;;s leniif^inoiis ; costa 

 })a]e yellow towards the base ; membrane brownish cinereous. Lciigtii of 

 the body 4j lines. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



S3. PiHAPHIGASTEK PEEFECTUS. 



Fuivtm, longi-ellipliciis, dcnue pitnelatus, suLtus testaccuis ; thorax Irsltwro 

 marqiiialus vl nonnuiupKun sitbcnnspersus, spiiiis diiabus lalvruliius. 

 l()n(/is validis acutis ; sfiitclium iiujricaiile J'usciuliiiii, ajiiccin versus 

 jia/lidc jiavuin ; abdomen dorso niyro maculis laleraiibiis Usluciis, 

 sjiit^a vcnlruli co.xus vudias paullo superunlc ; pedes pallide kstacei, 

 sat graciLcs. 



Tawny, elonp^ale-elHplical, thickly and rather roujjhly black-punc- 

 tured, testMceoiis bincath. Head elongate, with two sliybt longitudinal 

 ridges; lobes of equal leugib. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa-. 

 Antennae a little more than half the length of the body; first jnint not 

 extending to the front of the head ; third a little longer than ilie second 

 and than the fourth ; fifth shorter tlian the fourth. Thorax boidered and 

 sometimes slij^hlly speckled with testaceous; him! angles lornnng two long 

 stoiil acute directly diverging spines. Seutellum witii a lilackish band 

 beyond the middle, pale yellow from thence to the lip. Abdomen Idack 

 ai)ove ; conufxivum with testaceous spots ; ventral spine extending a little 

 beyond the middle coxep. Legs pale tcst;'.ceous, rather .^lender. JMem- 

 brane of the fore wings pale cinereous; veins brown. Hind wings pel- 

 lucid ; veins pale. Length of the body 4|— 5 lines. 



o, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



c. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collectioD. 



d. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bollon. 



84. EHAnilGASTF.U EXTF.NUATLS. 



Teslaccus, longi-nvalvs, dense jniuctalvs ; antennce rufcc, hasi paliide les- 

 tacece, corporis trienle von lont/iores ; tliora.v transverse subcurinatiis ; 

 spiracula fusca ; spina vciitralis cuxas posticus attbujtns ; pedes 

 breves ; vieinbrana liwpida. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, thickly and minutely piuutired; jmnc- 

 tures of the ground hue. Head short ; lobes of equal kiigib. RostruiH 

 extending to the hind coxte. Antennae red, hardly one-third of the length 

 of the body ; lirst and second joints jiale testaceous; first not c.xtei'.ding to 

 the fnmt of the head ; third pale testaceous at the base, a little longer 

 than the second; fourth Ioniser than the third ; fifth as long as the foiinh. 

 'J borax with a slight transverse ridge between the hind angles, which are 

 rounded and not prominent; no calli nor transverse impression in front. 

 Spiracles brown. Ventral spine extending to the hind coxir. l..egs short, 

 pale testaceous. INltmbraiie of the fore vving.s pellucid. Length of the 

 body 5 lines. 



