62 SUPPLEMENT. 



black tips. Wings cinereous. Fore wings extending rather beyond the 

 abdomen, with several large well-defined brown patches. Length of the 

 body 19 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



a. West Australia. From M. Du Boulay's collection. 



ACEIDIUM PUSTULrFERUM. 



Fcem. Nigricans ; caput et thorax jiavo bivittata ; caput viltis duabus 

 inlerioribus guttisque paucis Jlavis, f route Jiavo tuberculata ; pro- 

 thorax scaber, flavo tuberculatus ; prosterni spina transversa; pectus 

 Jlavescens ; femora quatuor anterior a Jiavo conspersa ; alee bre- 

 vissima. 

 Female. Blackish. Head and prothorax with two yellow stripes, 

 which extend along the outer sides of the eyes and are marginal in the 

 prothorax. Head above smooth, with two yellow stripes which extend 

 along the inner sides of the eyes ; a few yellow dots along the inner sides 

 of these stripes; tip of the vertex short-conical, its disk depressed ; front 

 erect, with yellow tubercles, and with four slight keels; inner keels approx- 

 imate. Eyes ferruginous, short-oval, rather prominent. Antennae black, 

 yellowish at the base beneath. Prothorax scabrous, with many yellow 

 tubercles, and with four well-defined transverse impressed lines. Pro- 

 sternal spine stout, its breadth exceeding its thickness. Pectus yellowish. 

 Four anterior femora with yellow speckles. Wings rudimentary. Length 

 of the body 22 lines. 

 a. West Australia. From M. Du Boulay's collection. 



ACEIDIUM SCITULUM. 



Fcem. Nigrum ; caput apud marginem anticum t pectus et venter testacea ; 

 caput apud oculos fulvum, fastigio fere rotundo ; antenna rufes- 

 centes ; prothorax subtricarinatus, lateribus fulvis nigro unipla- 

 giatis; prosterni spina obliqua, sat gracilis; abdominis dorsum 

 fuscescens ; femora poslica abdomine paullo longiora, supra fusees- 

 centia ; tibia poslica supra ni gric antes ; ala antica cinerea, guttis 

 plurimis strigaque poslica basali fuscis ; ala postica diaphana. 



Female. Black. Head towards the mouth, pectus and under side of 

 the abdomen testaceous. Head full as broad as the fore border of the 

 prothorax, tawny about the eyes ; tip of the vertex depressed, nearly 

 round ; front erect, with four slight diverging keels. Eyes lurid, elliptical. 

 Antennae reddish. Prothorax tawny, except between the lateral keels ; a 

 black patch on each side ; keels slight, the lateral pair diverging hind- 

 ward ; fore border and sides straight; hind border slightly rounded. Pro- 

 sternal spine oblique, rather slender, slightly tapering. Abdomen and 

 hind femora brownish above, the latter a little longer than the former. 

 Hind tibiae nearly as long as the hind femora, blackish above; spines with 

 black tips. Fore wings cinereous, with many brown dots; a brown basal 

 streak along the hind border. Hind wings pellucid ; veins whitish, black 

 towards the costa. Length of the body 14 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 30 lines. 



