64 CATALOGUE OF 



141. Lyg«us mutilatus. 

 mntilatus, Erichs. Wieg. Arch, viii, 279. 

 Tasmania. 



Oceania. 



142. LyG.EUS RUFICOLLIS. 



Mas. Niger, fere linearis, siib his rufus ; rostrum coxas ■jmslicas paullo 

 superuns ; antennm corpore mullo breviores ; prolhorax anlice rufo 

 fasciatus ; memhrana nigro-cinerea, 



Male. Black, nearly linear, red henealli, willi cinereous tonientum. 

 Head short, trianfjular. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum extendinof a 

 little beyond the hind coxne. Autcnnse much shorter than the body; first 

 joint less than half the len<Tth of the head ; second more than thrice the 

 length of the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Prothorax with a red band occupying the space 

 between the well-defined transverse furrovv and the fore border. Legs 

 slender, moderately long. Membrane of the fore wings blackish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. New Zealand. Prosented by Col. Bolton. 



143. Lyg.^:us Maouicus. 



Foem. Niger, langi-pllipticm ; rnslrwn coxas pnslicas attingens ; antennce 

 corpore multo breriures ; prothorax rufo bigutlatus, sulco transversa 

 indelerminato ; scutellum carinatum, apice rufesccns ; corium macula 

 subapicali rufa ; viembrana albo triguttala. 



Female. Black, elongate-elliptical. Head triangular. Eyes not 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antenna much 

 shorter than the body; third joint much shorter than the secnnd. Pro- 

 thorax wiih a very slight transverse furrow and with a red dot in the disk 

 near each side. Scutellum keeled ; tip reddish. Legs moderately long 

 and stout. Wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. Corium 

 of the fore wings with a red subapical spot; membrane with a white dot at 

 the base of the interior iiorder, with a smaller dot near the base of the costa, 

 and with a larger white dot in the disk. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Isle of Pines. Presented by the Admiralty. 



Country unknown. 



144. LyG^US VEKTICALIS, C. II. 648. 



145. LyG^US INCERTUS. 



Mas. Rufus, capitis inacnlis diuibns posticis rostra anteiuiis scutello 

 abdominis apice jicdibus tuenibranaf/ue nigris ; rostru7n segmentum 

 \um venlrale uttingcns ; prothorax postice nigra fasciatus ; pectoris 

 stigmata nigra. 



