528 ME. W. p. KIEBY ON rOEFICTJLID^. 



Not closely allied to any known species, and only provisionally 

 referred to SpMngolahis. 



SpHiNGOiiABis SPicuLiFEEA, sp. n. (Plate XII. figs. 7, 7 «.) 



Long. Corp. 17 millim. ; segm. nit. cum forcip. 8 millira. 



Male. Head dark chocolate-brown ; pronotum rather narrower 

 than the head and nearly twice as long as broad, black, lateral 

 borders testaceous ; antennse aud abdomen reddish, except the 

 neighbourhood o£ the lateral tubercles on the 3rd segment of 

 the abdomen, wliich is black ; tegmiua testaceous, with a blackish 

 band on the suture ; wings not visible ; legs testaceous ; head, 

 pronotum, two basal segments of abdomen, and terminal segment 

 (except two parallel longitudinal spaces on the back) very finely 

 coriaceous ; the rest of the abdomen with deep round punctures ; 

 pygidium not prominent, but armed with a long sharp spine, 

 nearly two millimeters in length, projecting between the base of 

 the forceps ; forceps wide apart, thickened and diverging at base, 

 then curving gradually downwards and upwards ; just beyond the 

 base is a rather strong tooth on the upper surface, and the inner 

 curve is denticulated throughout, as far as a small tooth just 

 before the upward turn of the tips, at about four fifths of the 

 length of the forceps. 



Hah. New South "Wales. 



Allied to the South-American S. gracilis, Burm., aud S. sutu- 

 ralis, Serv. ; but in these species the pygidial spine is much 

 smaller ; wings are present ; and the sides of the abdomen are 

 parallel. In 8. spiculifera the abdomen widens considerably 

 from the base to the extremity. 



Sphingolabis binotata, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 13 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 5 millim. 



Male. Head above and front of pronotum blackish ; mouth- 

 parts, scape of antennse (all present), and legs rufo-testaceous ; 

 sides aud hinder half of pronotum pale testaceous ; pronotum 

 oblong, a little longer than broad ; head, pronotum, and tegmina 

 all coriaceous ; tegmina reddish chocolate, nearly twice as long 

 as the pair together are broad ; wings half as long as the tegmina, 

 with a large yellow spot at the base, the suture red, and the tips 

 otherwise blackish. Abdomen dull reddish, the 2nd and 3rd seg- 

 ments tuberculate, terminal segment blackish ; pygidium dull 

 red, longer than the last dorsal segment, and of the form of a 



