BY G. W. KIRKALDY. 785 



segment of antenna3 brownish-yellow. Length 2-J mill., to apex 

 of CLineus. 



jJah. — Q.: Bundaberg (Sept.-Dec; Koe])ele). 



Cysteorrhacha, gen.nov. 



A genus of the Bryocorini. Pilose and lightly punctured. 

 Vertex transverse, a little wider than an eye, deeply sulcate; 

 with eyes, twice and one-fourth as wide as long. Head vertical 

 before the eyes, wliich do not touch the pronotum. Rostrum 

 reaching to (or beyond 1) the middle coxfe. Second segment of 

 antennse more than twice as long as the thicker first, one-third 

 longer than the third (fourth broken). Pronotum basally twice 

 and one-half as wide as anteriorly and about one-half wider tlian 

 the head; three-fourths wider basally than the length, twice as 

 long as the head; constricted about the middle, widening pos- 

 teriorly, basal margin emarginate; a distinct collar. Posterior 

 half of scutellum elevated and swollen, curving cystiformly 

 forward over the Vjasal lobe of the pronotum, biconstricted, with 

 a small, erect, dorsal spine, in front of the anterior constriction. 

 Tegmina without a median vein, cuneus acute posteriorly, (mem- 

 brane destroyed). Hind tarsi with the third segment as long as 

 the other two in profile, second a little more than half the length 

 of the first; arolia long and narrow, curved outwards and inwards, 

 three-fourths the length of the curved claws, from which they 

 are separated. 



35. C. CACTIFERA, sp.rK)v. (Pl.xliii., figs.G-7). 



Dull ferrugino-fuscous, partly suffused with sanguineous. 

 First segment of antennse yellow, apically reddish, second and 

 third dark sanguineo-fuscous. Postero-lateral angles of pronotum 

 rather widely fuscous, the hind margin very narrowl}^ pale. 

 Sterna and abdomen dark sanguineous. Tegmina hyaline, a 

 large spot at base and a broad median band, fuscous; apical 

 margin of corium broadly dark sanguineous; cuneus opaque white, 

 posterior angle dark sanguineous. Wings hyaline. Legs dark 



