Neir Genera and Species of AnstraUan Hemiptera. V-^ 



fuscous with two sjjots on exocoriuni and three spots (one 

 median and two apical) on niesocoriuni testaceous, the apical 

 and the narrow laminate lateral margins of pronotum dark 

 testaceous, j^aler at the ends of the transverse impression, 

 membrane fuscous, the veins and a few more or less distinct 

 spots testaceous, abdomen beneath indistinctly punctulate, 

 its lateral borders paler, sometimes the whole venter brown, 

 antennae fuscous, apical half of last joint (except extreme apex) 

 pale testaceous, rostrum and legs testaceous, femora fuscous. 

 Second joint of antennae not quite twice, and third joint one-half 

 longer than first. Rostrum nearly reaching apical margin of second 

 ventral segment. Pronotum more than one-half broader than long. 

 Hemelytra reaching apex of abdomen. Sixth male ventral segment 

 in the middle somewhat longer than fifth. Length, <? $ 4.8 — 5.6 mm_ 

 Queensland; Victoria. 



Taphropkltus australis, n. sp. 

 Head ijlack. finely and very thickly punctate, sliglitly longer than 

 anterior pronotal lobe, the postocular part very short, antennae 

 rather stout, a little longer than half the length of the body, the 

 first two joints testaceous, second two-thirds longer than first, the 

 last two joints fuscous, third a little shorter than second, fourth 

 as long as third, reddish at apex, rostrum testaceous, reaching^ 

 middle of mesosternum. Pronotum distinctly transversely im- 

 pressed Ijehind middle, anterior lobe black, finely and ve*'y thickly 

 punctate, with a round foveate median impression before the base 

 and on each side between this and the lateral margins with a 

 smaller somewhat obsolete foveola, almost one-half longer than the 

 l^osterior lobe which is stramineous, finely and more sparsely punc- 

 tulate with brown, longitudinally sliglitly impressed in the middle 

 of its anterior half, Avith five dark fuscous vittae, one in the middle 

 and two oblique ones on each side starting from the same point 

 near the humeral angles, the narrowly laminate not sinuate pro- 

 notal lateral margins Avhitish. Scutellum black, finely punctulate,. 

 the apex, the apical end of the median keel, and a lateral vitta 

 white, these vittae beginning a little before the middle and becom- 

 ing narrowly linear posteriorly where they join the apex. Corium 

 and clavus stramineous, the former almost impunctate, only in the 

 basal half (mostly along the veins) Avith a few very small brownish 

 {)unctures, the veins, a somewhat sinuous submedian fascia (not 

 entering the clavus), and an oblong spot at the apical angle dark 

 fuscous, the two ordinary punctured lines near the claval" suture. 



