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rest of the segment and 3 and 4 smooth, 5 with sparse 

 pubescence, 6 with dense pubescence. Forewings reaching to 

 apex of segment 4 ; narrow ; crossed by three dark bands, one 

 at base, the second darkest, its distal margin just touching base 

 of stigmal knob, as long as wide, the third at wing-apex and 

 rather longer than the second, the hyaline bands between much 

 shorter than the dark bands ; discal cilia excessively dense : 

 submarginal vein attaining costa a little beyond middle of 

 wing; marginal vein almost as long as the stigmal, which is 

 short, oblique, slender, with a distinct round knob, the post- 

 marginal very long; no trace of basal vein. Scape slender: 

 pedicel twice as long as wide, the first funicle joint slightly 

 longer, the second a third longer than wide, the fourth 

 quadrate ; club 6-jointed, compact, joints 2-4 of equal length, 

 all distinctly wider than long. Length, 2*40 mm. 



Bah. — Northern Territory: Darwin. Described from one 

 female received from G. F. Hill. 



Ty])e. — I. 5171, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



A very beautiful and distinct species. The narrow 

 banded forewing is much like that of fasciatus, Dodd, and 

 variipes, Dodd, but the general structure is quite different. 



Anteris nigriscutellum, n. sp. 



C . Black ; thorax dull -reddish, the scutellum black, the 

 prothorax and scutum bright-reddish, the median lobe faintly 

 washed with dusky ; legs golden-yellow, also basal six antennal 

 joints. Head much wider than long (dorsal aspect), the eyes 

 very large, bare, the lateral ocelli touching the eye margins ; 

 vertex rather broad, with numerous small punctures ; face with 

 a deep impression occupying most of surface, with very fine 

 scaly sculpture, and on lower face with a few striae converging 

 toward mouth. Mandibles tridentate. Scutum and scutellum 

 with very fine scaly sculpture, and small scattered indefinite 

 punctures, these more pronounced on the scutellum ; parapsidal 

 furrows comjolete, as in riifinotum ; jDostscutellum with a stout 

 acute spine. Abdomen stout, the third segment occupying 

 less than one-half of surface, the two first strongly striate, the 

 third more finely so ; the remaining segments with very fine 

 scaly sculpture and scattered punctures. Forewings moderately 

 long and broad ; deeply infuscate ; discal cilia dense : marginal 

 vein over one-half as long as the stigmal, which is rather 

 oblique, moderately long and slender. Antennae short, usual 

 for the genus : scape long and slender ; pedicel one-half longer 

 than wide, the funicle joints narrower, the first a little longer 

 than wide, 2-4 wider than long ; club compact, wide, 6-jointed, 

 joints 1-5 very transverse. Length, 1'75 mm. 



