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9. Amorbus rubicundus. 

 rubiciindus, Slal, Eug. Resa, Hem.2^\>. Muyr, Hem. 87. 

 Sydney. 



10. Amorbus kobtstus. 

 robustus, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Dot. Gcsell. Wien. xv. 432 ; Hem. 85. 

 Sydney. 



11. Amorbus planus. 



Foem. Fulvus, tomenlosus, ellipticus ; antenna corporis dimidio 



lonqiores ; prolhorax suhiilissime scaber., longitudinaliter subsulcaliis, 



laleribus siibcrenulatis snbrelusis, angiUis posticis obtusis; itcutellum 



had nigra fasciatum ; abdomen rufum, nigra interrupte sexfascialum ; 



femora poslica sxibincrassata, subtus hiseriatim serraia ; iibice posticce 



stibfvs apud medium subdilatata snbangulalce apices versus serraia ; 



membrana fusca. Mas. — Angustior ; abdominis discus niger, rufo 



transverse quadrisirigatus ; tibicc pasticte subtus angulalce et sub- 



dilalalcE. 



Female. Tawny, tomentose, elliplical. Rostrum short, its tip in a 



groove near the fore coxs. Antenna; ratlier more than half the length of 



the body; joints from the first to the fourth successively decreasing' in 



length. * Proihorax very minutely scabrous, with an indistinct longitudinal 



furrow and a slight transverse ridge near the hind border; sides straight, 



slightly crenulated and retiisc; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. 



Scutellnm with a black basal band. Dorsum of the abdomen red, with six 



black bands, which, with the exception of the fifth, are interrupted on each 



side. Femora beneath with a subapical spine. Hind femora slightly 



incrassated, minutely serrated on each side beneath. Hind tibi;e slightly 



dilated and angular beneath at somewhat less than half the length from 



the base, mintilely serrated from thence to the tips. Fore wings with a 



brown membrane. Hind wings lurid-cinereous. Length of the body 



^0\ lines. 



Male. Narrower than the female. Dorsum of the abdomen with a bbick 

 disk, which has four transverse red streaks; sides with black spots. Hind 

 femora rather more incrassated than those of the I'emale. Hind tibi;e 

 slightly dilated Iitiieath along the wlnde length, the angle more prominent 

 than that of the female. Length of the body S! lines. 

 «, b. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



Genus 15. GELONUS. 

 Gelouus, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 3. 



1. Gelonus discolor. 

 Amorbus discolor, C. Jl. 411— Gelonus discolor, Slal. 

 a. Tasmania. Piesented by the llev. T. Ewing. 



