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Male . Bright red, elongate-fusiform. Head, rostrum, antennse, legs 
and membrane black. Head conical, shorter than the fore lobe of the pro- 
thorax ; ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Antennae 
much longer than the head and the prothnrax together; first joint as long 
as the ante-ocular head; second more than thrice as long as the first; 
third a little longer than the second ; fourth much shorter. Fore lobe of 
the prothorax nearly twice as long as the hind lobe; hind part of the 
middle furrow well defined. Abdomen black at the tip beneath. Legs 
stout, selulose ; spongy furrow of the fore tibiae less than half as long as 
the latter. Length of the body 6 £ lines. 
a. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1846. 
110. Pirates decorelltjs. 
Mas. Ferrugineus, fere linearis ; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo antico 
vix brevius ; antennae fidvce : seutellum apicem versus spiniforme, 
subasccnclens ; connexivum pallide Jiavum , nigro maculatum ; venter 
niger ; pedes fulvi, fernoribus anticis crassis exlus piceis ; corium 
albo bislrigatum, atro late unistrigatum ; membrana alra , apicem 
versus nigro-cinerea. 
Male. Ferruginous, narrow, nearly linear. Head conical, nearly as 
long as the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part rather longer than 
the post-ocular. Antennae tawny, longer than the head and the pro- 
thorax together; first joint a little longer than the ante-ocular head; 
second nearly twice as long as the first; third somewhat longer than 
the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little more than twice as 
long as the hind lobe; longitudinal furrows slight. Seutellum towards 
the tip forming an obliquely ascending spine. Abdomen black beneath ; 
connexivum pale yellow, with black spots. Legs tawny ; lore femora 
incrassated, piceous on the outer side; furrow beneath the fore tibiae 
less than half as long as the latter. Corium red, with a white streak 
along the clavus and with another along the exterior border; a broad deep 
black streak along the outer side of the first white streak. Membrane deep 
black, blackish cinereous at the tip. Length of the body 6 lines. 
a. Moreton Bay. Presented by YV. W. Saunders, Esq. 
111. Pirates glaber.' 
Fcem. Niger, glaber , nilens, fere linearis , subtus piceus ; caput longi- 
conicum, prothoracis lobo antico aequilongum ; antennae piceae ; 
abdomen fulvutn , villa ventreque piceis ; pedes fulvi, fernoribus anticis 
crassis ; aloe antic ce piceae, membrana fusco-cinerea. 
Female. Black, smooth, shining, nearly linear, piceous beneath. 
Head elongate-conical, as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax, pro- 
tuberant about the ocelli ; ante-ocular part more than twice as long as the 
post-ocular. Antennae piceous, a little longer than the head and the 
prothorax together; first joint half as long as the ante-ocular head; second 
about twice as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second ; 
fourth a little shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the, prothorax almost 
twice as long as the hind lobe; furrows hardly visible, except the hind part 
of the middle one. Seutellum acute; disk concave. Abdomen tawny, 
with a piceous stripe; under side piceous, except the connexivum. Legs 
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