572 CATALOGUE OF 
ventral spine extending to the hind coxe. Legs rather short and stout. 
Fore wings pale grass-green, not covering the sides of the abdomen; mem- 
brane pellucid. Length of the body 3% lines. 
Australia. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
CusPICONA STRENUELLA. 
Testacea, lata, ovalis, dense et subtiliter punctata ; caput sat magnum, 
antice rotundatum ; rostrum nigrum, coxas posticas superans ; antenné 
rufa@, basi testacee ; thorax cornubus robustis lanceolatis deflexis sub- 
aculis perparum ascendentibus sat longis apices versus ferruginets ; 
scutellum vitta testacea punctis nigris marginata apice dilatata ; 
membrana diaphana. 
Testaceous, broad, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, paler beneath. 
Head rather large, rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, 
not prominent. Rostrum mostly black, extending rather beyond the hind 
coxe. Antenne red, almost half the length of the body; first joint tes- 
taceous, not extending to the front of the head; second longer than the 
third; fourth a little longer than the second and than the fifth. Thorax 
with a transverse callus on each side in front; horns stout, lanceolate, 
ferruginous towards the tips, slightly acute, directly diverging, very 
slightly ascending, as long as half the intermediate space. Scutellum 
rounded at the tip, more than half the length of the abdomen, with a 
paler stripe which extends from the disk and is bordered by a few black 
speckles and occupies the whole of the apical part. Pectoral keel 
very deep, extending to the head. Ventral spine not extending beyond 
the hind cox, received into the notch of the keel. Legs moderately 
short and stout. Fore wings with a pellucid membrane. Length of the 
body 4 lines. 
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Genus ARVELIUS. 
Div. N. 
Corpus ellipticum, subtiliter et confertissime punctatum. Caput pro- 
ductum; lobi laterales lanceolati, lobum intermedium longe superantes. 
Oculi extantes. Rostrum coxas posticas attingens. Antenne corporis 
dimidio paullo longiores. Thoracis cornua acuta, obliqua. Scutellum 
apice subrotundatum, carina indeterminata antice furcata. 
Body elliptical, minutely and very thickly punctured. Head elongate ; 
lateral lobes lanceolate, acute, extending much beyond the middle lobe. 
Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxe. Antenne slender, 
a little more than half the length of the body; first joint not extending to 
the front of the head; second a little shorter than the third; fourth much 
longer than the third; fifth a litle longer than the fourth. Thorax with a 
transverse callus on each side in front; sides serrated; hind angles forming 
two acute horns, which extend obliquely forward and are shorter than half 
the intermediate breadth. Scutellum a little more than half the length of 
the abdomen, with an indistinct keel, which is forked in front, slightly 
rounded at the tip. Legs slender, moderately long; tarsi three-jointed. 
