Art. XXVIII. — Contributiojis to a knoxvledge of the 

 Rhyiichota of Australia. 



By E. Bergroth, M.D. 



[Communicated by Professor Baldwin Spencer.] 



Through the kindness of Mr. Charles French, of Melbourne, 

 I have received for examination a considerable number of 

 Australian Rhynchota Heteroptera, many of which are new to 

 science and some of great interest, either as belonging to 

 groups or genera not hitherto recorded fi'om Australia, or as 

 constituting new genera. The following pages are devoted to 

 descriptions of some of the most remarkable of these insects. In 

 a second paper I shall continue these descriptions and give a list 

 of all species. 



Fani. ScrTP:LLERiD.E. 



1. Philia regia, n. sp. 



Parce subtiliter pilosvila. Caput modice declive, longitudine 

 paullo latius, parce punctulatum, supra cupreo-purpureum, lateri- 

 bus viridi-a?neum, subtus ca^ruleum, rostro flavido, antenuis ]iigris, 

 articulis duobus primis flavidis, secundo primo breviore, tertio 

 secundo fere duplo longiore. Pronotum lateribus ante medium 

 leviter sinuatum, cupreo-purpureum, lobo antico, margine apicali 

 excepto, viridi-seneo, intra marginem apicalem subuniseriatim 

 punctato, lobo postico antico plus quam duplo longiore, margine 

 lateral! flavido. Scutellum flavum, dilute fusco-punetulatum, 

 apice subtruncatum, macula basali subcordata latissima callum 

 basalem includente sed latera haud attingente cupreo-purpurea. 

 Coriura limbo costali flavidum. Pectus cteruleum, prope angulos 

 posticos prosterni flavidos cupreo-splendens, sulco orificiali longiu- 

 sculo, area evaporativa nigra, margine postico metasterni flavido. 

 Abdomen subtus, spatio angusto medio excepto, sat dense et 

 fortiter punctatum, subvirescenti-cseruleum, limbo latei'ali intus 

 integro et ultra spiracula extenso flavo. Pedes flavi, tibiis 

 cyansisj tarsis fusco-nigris. Long. J 10, 8 mm. 



