238 CATALOGUE OF 



23. EPHIPPIGEB TBILINEATUS. 



Ephippiger trilineata, Haan, Verz. Nut. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 185. 

 Tripoli. 



24. EPHIPPIGEB VARICORNIS. 



varieornis, King, MSS. Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 185. 

 Syria. 



Sect, n. 



Mas. Corpus crassnm. Caput inter antennas bituberculatura, antice 

 erectum et aspere punctatum. Oculi globosi. Palporum articulus 4us 

 3o non brevior; 5us 4o umlto longior. Prothorax poslice anguslior, laleri- 

 hus subundulatis, margine postico subascendente, carinis lateralihus 

 distinctis. Abdomen prothorace fere duplo longius. Pedes crassi, tibiis 

 quatuor anterioribus femoribusque biseriatim spinosis, tibiis posticis 

 quadriseriatim spinosis. Alae abdominis dimidio non longiores. 



Male. Body very stout. Head as broad as the protborax, witb two 

 little porrect protuberances between the antenna? ; front and face erect, 

 roughly punctured. Eyes prominent. Palpi truncated at the tips ; fourth 

 joint o*f the maxillary as long as the third; fifth subclavate, much longer 

 than the fourth ; third joint of the labial clavate. Prothorax narrower 

 hindward ; sides slightly undulating; hind border slightly elevated ; lateral 

 keels determinate. Abdomen nearly twice the length of the prothorax. 

 Legs thick ; femora with a few very minute spines on each side beneath; 

 four anterior tibia? with six spines on each side beneath ; hind tibia? with 

 four rows of several spines ; tarsi short. Wings about half the length of 

 the abdomen. Female. Oviduct straight, a little longer than the body. 

 Wings much shorter than those of the male. 



25. EPHIPPIGER AUSTRALIS. 



Mas. Cinereus ; vertex fascia nigra postice incisa ; fronsfulva; pro- 

 thorax fasciis tribus latis rufescente nigris ; abdomen rvfescente 

 nigrum, ventre pectoreyue fulvis. Foem. Obscurior ; prothoracis 

 vitta latiores, posticce connexce. Vur.fi. Testacea; vertex albido 

 tessellatus. 



Male. Cinereous. Head with a speckled black band on the rertex, 

 this band irregularly excavated along the hind border; front tawny. 

 Mandibles blackish. Prothorax with three broad undulating reddish black 

 bands, the lateral pair nearly interrupted. Pectus tawny. Abdomen reddish 

 black ; ventral segments tawny. Fore wings partly blackish. Female. 

 Darker. Stripes of the prothorax broader, connected hindward. Oviduct 

 and fore wings tawny. Var. (3. Testaceous above. Vertex tessellated with 

 whitish. Prothorax without stripes. Fore wings brown. Length of the 

 body 1214 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Swan River. From Dr. Bacon's collection. 



c. Swan River. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



