xciv Appendix. 



nigro-spinosi, tarsorum apicibiis nigro-terminatis. Abdomen sanguineiim, ad apicem 

 obscurms ; macula quadrata ad basin segmenti basalis, juncturis liueaque utrinque 

 apicem versus nigris ; segmento ultimo supra in medio exciso ; appendicibus 

 superioribus parvis, sauguineis, intus tuberculo nigro instructis ; inferioribus 

 elongatis, subforcipatis, sanguineis, nigro terminatis. Alas vitreiB ; pterostigmate 

 rufo-brunueo vel flavido. 



JF. Caput thoraxque fere ut in fH, sed colore sanguineo in fla\T.im mutato ; 

 labro postice evidenter nigro -marginato. Pedes pallidiores ; femoribus supra 

 infuscatis. Abdomen supra nigrum, juncturis (ad apicem exceptis) flavis ; inira. 

 flavum. 



JH. Long. corp. 14-15"', long, abdom. 11-12"'; exp. alar. 16-17'", long, alee postic. 

 8-Si'". JF. Long. corp. 15'", long, abdom. ILi'" ; exp. alar. 19'", long. al£e 

 postic. 9'". 



Male. Head and thorax above black, with long brownish haii^s. Hinder 

 and anterior margins of the head, the front margin of the nasus, and the 

 labrum wholly (excepting a black spot in the middle) red ; under lip 

 yellowish ; second joint of the antennee red, black at the apex. Pronotiim 

 with the margins aud three discal spots red ; posterior margin nearly semi- 

 cii'culai-, very slightly produced in the middle. Two bright red lines on the 

 thorax above ; the sides reddish, with two short black streaks, one i;nder the 

 base of each wing ; there is also an appearance of two lines paler than the 

 grovind-colour. Legs bright red, with black spines ; the tips of the tarsal 

 joints black. Abdomen bright blood-red ; a quadi'ate black spot above at 

 the base of the first segvjn,ent ; the sutnres of all the segments with a black 

 ring ; on the sides a black subapical line, commencing at the apex of segment 6, 

 continuous on segment 7, and nearly so on segment 8, but not there reaching 

 the margins ; segment 10 excised in the middle above; superior appendages 

 short, only slightly exserted, subtriangular, red, with a black tubercle 

 internally ; inferior appendages somewhat forcipate, long, red, with the tips 

 black and pointed. Wings hyaline, narrow ; veins black, slightly reddish at 

 the base ; pterostigraa reddish brown (yellowish in immature examples), in 

 the form of an irregular lozenge, the upper edge much longer than the lower, 

 surmounting one cellule ; in the anterior wings the upperside of tlie quadri- 

 lateral is more than one-half shorter than the lower, in the posterior wings 

 about one third shorter ; thirteen to fourteen post-cubital nervules in the 

 anterior wings ; three cellules between the quadrilateral and the nodus. 



Female. — All the markings of the head and thorax that are red in the 

 male are here yellow ; the base of the labrum has a distinct black line ; on the 

 pro thorax thei-e are only two spots instead of thx-ee. Legs yellowish, the 

 femora fuscous above. Abdomen bronzy black above, pale yellowish beneath ; 

 segments 1-6 above with a yellow half-ring at the base of each ; appendages 

 short, conical, blackish ; vulvar valves yellow, the terminal appendages black* 



I have examined several males and females of this species. 



17. Telehasis sobrina, n. sp. 



|H. T. zealandicce valde affinis, sed major ; appendices superiores multo longiores, 

 inferioribus dimidio tantum bre^nores. Long. corp. IS'", long, abdom. 15'" ; exp. 

 alar. 22'", long, alse postic. 10^'". 



