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Piceous-black, elliptical, voug:hly punctured, black beneath. Head 

 red alonp each side, slightly retuse in front; lateral lobes extending beyond 

 the middle lobe. Rostrum red, extending to the hind coxae; tip black. 

 Antennae black, pubescent; joints successively increasing in length ; first 

 red, not extending beyond the head ; fifth yellow, black at the base and 

 towards the tip. Thorax with red slightly reflexed sides. Abdomen red 

 above, bordered with red beneath. Legs red ; tarsi black. Membrane of 

 the fore wings black, cinereous bordered. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



This species may be the type of a distinct genus. 



a, Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



4. Ebora? patula. 



Piceo-nigra, longi-ovata, depressa, dense punctata, ochraceo conspersa ; 

 caput ochraceo marginatum, lobis lateralibus lobum medium super- 

 antibiis ; rostrum testaceum, coxas poslicas atlingens ; thorax laleribus 

 rufis subexcavatis, fascia postica rufa nigra conspersa; scutellum 

 callis duobus basaiibus apiceque rufis ; pectus et venter nigra, luleo 

 marginata ; pedes lutei, nigra fasciati ; membrana picea minima. 



Piceous-black, elongate-oval, flat, thickly punctured, ochraceous- 

 speckled. Head with ochraceous and slightly reflexed borders, rounded in 

 front ; lateral lobes extending beyond the middle lobe. Ocelli not apparent. 

 Rostrum testaceous, piceous towards the tip, extending to the hind coxae. 

 Thorax with a transverse smooth mark on each side in front, with red 

 slightly excavated and reflexed sides, and with a red hind band, which is 

 speckled with black. Scutellum with a red callus on each side at the 

 base and with a red tip. Pectus and under side of the abdomen black, 

 bordered with luteous. Legs luteous; femora, tibiee and tarsi black 

 towards the tips. Membrane of the fore wings piceous, very small, 

 extending a little beyond the corium; veins black, strongly marked. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



This species hardly belongs to the above genus. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



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