394 LIST OF UOMOPTEROOS INSECTS. 



each side, vevy concave where it joius the epistoma, with a very slender 

 curve on each side near tlie eye ; epistoma nearly triangnlar, ferrugi- 

 nous, slightly keeled : fore-chest a little longer than ihe crown, nearly 

 straight hehind, slightly convex on the fore border : middlc-chcst 

 triangular, more than twice the length of the fore-chest, bordered 

 with red, and having'three red ridges, the side pair oblique: breast 

 red : abdomen red beneath, obconical, not longer than the chest : 

 legs black, very broad, slightly marked with red ; hind-thighs and 

 hind-shanks red, the latter armed with three teeth : forewings black, 

 mostly feriuginous towards the hind border, adorned with a while 

 spot in the middle of the fore border and with two colourless spots 

 near the tip ; fore border convex near the base, concave towards the 

 lip ; veins ferruginous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 rt lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital' 



28. EuRVDR.\CHYS VAni.\, Mas. 



Nigra, rufo varia ; metalhnrax et abdomen rufa ; pedes nigri ; 

 femora poslica rufa, nigra vittata et apice fasciata ; Hbue 

 posliccB ferriigineie ; aire anticw nigrm, angusta; xubluberm- 

 lattB, basi rufo varite, disco fitlvn fasciatw, apice fascia limpida 

 nmatie ; alie posliea: nulla ? 

 Body black, varied with red : head narrower th.tn the chest ; 

 crown somewhat depressed, very slightly arched, bordered with red ; 

 its breadth about four times its length; front very large, a little 

 broader than long, rather de])ressed, much ronnded on each side, 

 angular where it joins the epistoma, with a slight longitudinal ridge 

 which is traversed by a furrow ; fore border red ; epistoma ferrugi- 

 nous, triangular: eyes very prominent: fore-chest slightly convex 

 on the fore border, straight behind, a little longer than the crown : 

 middle-chest triangular, longer than the fore-chest: hind-chest and 

 abdomen bright red : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest; 

 sexual appendages black : legs black, very broad ; hind-thighs red, 

 striped with black and with a black band near the tips ; hind-shanks 

 ferruginous, armed with three stout spines : fore-wings black, hori- 

 zontal, narrow especially towards the tips, slightly tubercnlate, 

 bristly, partly red towards the base, with a tawny band in the 

 middle and a colourless band near the tip, the bands irregular and 

 accompanied by some dots of their respective colours ; veins tawny 

 and black, few and very robust : hind-wings wanting ? Length of 

 the body 1 line ; of the wings 4 lines. 

 II. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



