HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA, - Q9 
Piceous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in front; 
cone notched on the fore border, about twice the length of the first joint of 
the antenne; a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. 
Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the propectus. Antenne less than 
one-fourth of the length of the body; second joint white, with a black tip, 
about twice the length of the first; third wholly white, much shorter than 
the second ; fourth white at the base, a litle shorter than the third. Pro- 
thorax with six keels; sides rounded hindward, tridentate in front. 
Scutellum with a keel and with elevated sides. Legs short, slender. 
Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdomen, corium with a longitu- 
dinal middle vein; seven areolets between this vein and the costa, and- 
three between it and the hind border; membrane cinereous, with many 
brown dots. Length of the body 14 line. 
a. Tasmania. From Mr. Smith’s collection. 
New Zealand. 
28. Mezirra Maortca. 
Mas et fem. Nigra, angusta, fere linearis; caput parvum, antice coni- 
cum ; antenne brevissima, articulis 20 30que equalibus, 40 fusiformi 
breviore, lo adhue breviore; prothorax transverse sulcatus, antice 
angustior ; segmenta ventralia fulvo marginata; pedes breves; ale 
antice abdominis apicem non attingentes, corio parvo, membrana 
diaphana. 
Male and female. Black, flat, punctured, narrow, nearly linear, 
Head small, conical in front; the cone longer than the first joint of the 
antenne. Rostrum not longer than the head. Antenne about one-fifth of 
the length of the body; second joint much longer than the first; third as 
long as the second; fourth fusiform, a little shorter than the third. Pro- 
thorax transverse in front, with a broad shallow transverse furrow at a little 
in front of the middle; sides straight. Scutellum triangular. Hind 
borders of the ventral segments tawny. Legs short, moderately stout. 
Fore wings extending to about three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; 
corium small; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a—h, New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Lort Stokes. 
Genus 5. ANEURUS. 
Aneurus, Curt. Brit. Ent. 86. De Lap. Hem. 54. Burm. Handb. Ent. 
ii. 253. Feb. Eur. Hem. 116. 
Europe. 
1. ANEURUS LZ&VIS. 
Aradus levis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 119, 2. Fall. Hem, Suec. 140—Aneurus 
levis, Curt. Brit. Ent. pl. 86. De Lap. Hem. pl. 54, f. 2. H.-Sch. 
Wanz. Ins. ix, 141, pl. 310, f. 951. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 253. 
Serv. Hist. Hem. 307, Kol. Mel. Ent. vi. 25. Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i. 
397, Fieb. Hur. Hem, 116. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 268—Aradus 
