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"Insect Life," it is recorded as a species of Phytocoris. As, however, 

 the Araerican Chinch bug {Blissus Jeucopferus, Say) does not belong 

 to the Cnpsidcp, and as Mr. Skuse states that the insect has oceHi, it 

 was clear that there must have been some error in the determination. 

 A few weeks ago Mr. Skuse kindly submitted several specimens of 

 the vine bug to me, which enables me to state that it has nothing to 

 do with the Capsiihe, but belongs to the genus Nysins, Dall., of the 

 family Lygceidce, a genus not hitherto known from the Australian 

 continent. 



After having compared it with the descriptions of all hitherto 

 known species of Nysius, I must conclude that it is not an introduced 

 species, and I do not hesitate to describe it as new. 



Ntsius viisriTOR, n. sp. 



Elongatus, suhopacus, colore variabilis, bucculis basin capitis versus 

 evanescent thus, hemelytris pellucidis, apicem abdominis superantibus, extus 

 leviter rotnndatis. Long., 3 — 3'8 mm.; cum hemelytr. 3'5 — 4'5 mrri. 



Caput fusco-nigrum, medio superne plus miuusve late rufescens, subtus intra 

 oculos utrinque macula basali oblonga subobliqua flara iiotatum, antenuis testaceis, 

 hie et illic plus minusve distincte iufusoatis, bucculis pone medium sensim evanes- 

 centibus, basin capitis hand attingentibus, rostro coxas medias attingente, articulo 

 primo bucculas superante, gulee sequilongo. Pronotum antrorsum nonniliil angusta- 

 tum, antice capita angustius, lateribus medio levissime subsinuatis, disco nigro, 

 dimidio postico plus minusve pallide testaceo-variegato vel striate, interdum fere 

 toto testaceo, nigropunctato, linea transversa subapicali nigra. Pectus nigrum, 

 acetabulis testaceis, sffipe etiam margine antico et postico prosterno posticoque me- 

 Bostcrni, interdum imo maculis duabus lateralibus metasterni rufescentibus. Seu- 

 tellum nigrum, interdum vittis duabus longitudinalibus rufescentibus summoque 

 apice pallido. Hemelytra apicem abdominis longius superantia, extus fere a basi 

 leviter rotundata, corio et clavo albidis, illo secundum venas plus minusve distincte 

 minute seriatim fusco-maculato, margine postico fusco, bis flavido-interrupto, mem- 

 brana lacteo-hyalina. Abdomen subtus subtiliter adpresse albido-pilosulum, nigrum, 

 rarius medio flavido-variegatum, margine postico segment! penultimi ventralis medio 

 eaepe testaceo. Pedes testacei, plerumque nigropunctati, dimidio apicali fcmorura 

 posticorum, tibiis basi et apice anguste, articulo tarsorum primo apice et ultimo 

 toto infuscatis. 



Belongs to the group hh of Stal. 



The genus Nysius has a very marked insular habitat. The Ha- 

 waiian Islands especially are wonderfully rich in species of JVysius, not 

 less than thirteen species having been described from these islands, 

 chiefly by Dr. Buchanan White and the Eev. Th. Blackburn. From 

 Buchanan White's excellent structural descriptions it is evident that 

 these species cannot be regarded as varieties of a smaller number of 

 species. Apart from the uncertain species of Walker, we find the 



