416 CATALOGUE OF 



second ; £fth a little shorter than the foiirili. Tiiorax with tlie sides slightly 

 reflexed; hind angles much rouuded. Ley^s rather long and stout; tibiae 

 I'uriowed; tarsi three-jointed. Fore wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. 



Type E. circuindala. 



The structure of the head distinguishes this genus from Utochela. 



1. Ebora circumdata. 



Nigricante-viriJis, rubra varia, rude punctata ; caput fulvo marginatum ; 

 rostrum fuleum; anteunce nigra, articulis 'So Ao bnque basi fulvis ; 

 thoracis latent fulva ; scutelluin apice fulvum ; pedes fulvo fasciati ; 

 membrana nigricans. 



Blackish green, varied with dark red, roughly punctured. Head wiih 

 a tawny border. Rostrum tawny. AnteniiiE black; third, fourth and liflh 

 joints tawny at the i)ase. Thorax with lawny sides. Scntellum tawny at 

 the lip. Femora and tarsi towards llie base and coxas lawny ; tibiiB with 

 a tawny band. Membrane of the fore wings blackish. Length of the 

 body 64 lines. 



a. Adelaide. From Mr. Sleveus' collection. 



2. Ebora postica. 



Nigricante-rufa, longi-elliplica, rude nigro punctata; caput rufo margi- 

 natum, lubis cEfjualibus ; rostrum rufum, coxas posticus attingms ; 

 anlennce nigrce, articulis hasi rufis; thorax carinis duabus transvfrsis 

 lutcribusque rujjs ; sculcllum callis duabus ba-iulibus apiceque rujis ; 

 abdomen maculis marginnlibus vittnque ventrali ubbreviata ru/is ; 

 pedes rufo fasciati ; membrana nigra. 



Blackish red, elongate-elliptical, roughly punctured; punctures black. 

 Head with red reflexed borders ; lobes of equal leuirth. Rostrum red, 

 extending 10 the hind coxae; tip black. Antennae black, full half the 

 length of the body; joints more or less red towards the base; first 

 extending beyond the front of the head ; second a little longer than 

 ihe third; fourth a little longer than the second; fifth longer than 

 the fourth. Thorax with a transverse impression, in front of which 

 there are two red smooth transverse ridges ; sides red, slightly reflexed. 

 Scntellum with a red callus on each side at the base and with a 

 smooth red lip. Abdomen with red spots along each side ; a slight 

 furrow and with an abl)reviated red slripe beneath. Legs sloul; femora 

 and tarsi towards the base, coxae and knees red. Fore wings with a black 

 slightly coriaceous membrane. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



Queensland. lu ihe National Museum at Melbourne. 



3. Ebora? plana. 



Piceo-nigra, elliptica, rude punctata, subtus nigra ; caput lateribus rufis, 

 lobis laleralibus lobum medium superantibus ; rostrum rufum, coxas 

 posticus attingens ; antennce nigrd, urticulo \o rufo, bo flavo bust 

 aplcrque nigro ; thoracis Inlera rufi ; renter rufo marginalns ; pedes 

 ruji ; tarsls nigris ; membrana nigra cinereo marginata. 



