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libus flavidis, ornatum. Vena costali pallide flava : pterostigma an- 

 gustatura, iufuscatum, nigro-venatum ; cellulis area; poststigmati- 

 calis triscriatis. Cajteris ut in S, sabulosa. Long. corp. 20'" ; exp. 

 alar, antic. 40"', postic. 3&". 

 Hab. Champion Bay (Dm Boulay). In my collection and in Brit. 



Mus. 

 The largest of the Australian speciea : the groove marking the 

 divisions of the eyes is only slightly indicated, in fact, is less 

 evident than in any other member of the group Schizopthalmi 

 with vvrhich I am acquainted. 



.9. S. DiFFORMis, n. sp. Antennse nigrse ; dimidio inferiors clavse 

 flavo. Frons niger, griseo-villosus. Clypeus, labrum, marginesque 

 oculorum flavi. Vertex niger, nigro-villosus. Thorax latus, niger, 

 subtus griseo-villosus. Pedes nigri, tibiis extus flavis. Abdomen 

 nigrum, gradatim attenuatum, infra ad basin flavo-notatum, margini- 

 bus posterioribus segmentorum, supra interruptis, apicem versus ob- 

 soletis, 2° infra late, flavo-marginatum. Alae valde inajquales; pos- 

 ticse conspicue breviores, prope basin latiores, ad apicem suban- 

 gulatffi ; luimcris sordide flavis ; ptorostigmate brunneo, nigro-venato ; 

 cellulis arcaj poststigraaticalis paucis, magnis, biseriatis. Long. corp. 

 13'" ; exp. alar, antic. 26'", postic. 20'". 

 Hab. South Australia (C. A. Wilson). In my collection. 

 A peculiarly formed species, the great inequality in the size of 

 the wings and the shape of the body giving it a facies different 

 from the allied forms of the same local group. I believe my 

 example to be a male. 



The distribution of the colours of the legs is a good prima 

 facie character whereby to separate the Australian species. 



Malayan Archipelago. 



10. S.(?) MALAYANA, nov. sp. Antennae picese, vel piceo-nigra;, ad 

 basin pallidiores ; clava rufo-picea, ad basin nigra. Frons intense 

 nigro-villosus. Thorax supra griseus, utrinque et antice niger j in- 

 fra fuscescens, cano pilosus, utrinque late sed indistincte flavo-bi- 

 strigatus. Pedes flavidi ; tibiis piceis ; tarsis nigris. Abdomen tenue, 

 supra brunneum, infra basin versus albo-pruinosum. Alae vitreae, an- 

 ticee posticis valde longiores : sat latae, pauUo in medio dilatatse ; venis 

 venulisquc nigris ; pterostigmate flavido, nigro-venato ; area; post- 

 stigmaticalis cellulis biseriatis, paucis, magnis. Long. corp. 18"'(?); 

 exp. alar, antic, 31-34'", postic. 26-28'". 

 Hab. Celebes ( jyaMace). In the British Museum, 

 The extreme apex of the abdomen is broken off in the two 

 specimens I have examined ; both appear to be males. In the 



