42 CATALOGUE OF 
9. AMORBUS RUBICUNDUS. 
tubicundus, Stal, Hug. Resa, Hem. 232. Mayr, Hem. 87. 
Sydney. 
10. AMORBUS ROBUSTUS. 
robustus, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xv. 432; Hem. 85. 
Sydney. 
11. AMorRBUS PLANUS. 
Fem. Fulvus, tomentosus, ellipticus ; antenne corporis dimidio 
longiores ; prothorax subtilissime scaber, longitudinaliter subsulcatus, 
lateribus subcrenulatis subretusis, angulis posticis obtusis; scutellum 
basi nigro fasciatum ; abdomen rufum, nigro interrupte sexfasciatum ; 
femora postica subincrassata, subtus biseriatim serrata ; tibie postice 
subtus apud medium subdilatate subangulate apices versus serrale ; 
membrana fusca. Mas.—Angustior ; abdominis discus niger, rufo 
transverse quadristrigatus ; tibie postice subtus angulate et sub- 
dilatate. 
Female. Tawny, tomentose, elliptical. Rostrum short, its tip in a 
groove near the fore coxe. Antenne rather more than half the length of 
the body; joints from the first to the fourth successively decreasing in 
length. Prothorax very minutely scabrous, with an indistinct longitudinal 
furrow and a slight transverse ridge near the hind border; sides straight, 
slightly crenulated and retuse; hind angles obtuse, net prominent. 
Scutellum 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 slight] 
incrassated, minutely serrated on each side beneath. Hind tibiz slightly 
dilated and angular beneath at somewhat less than half the length from 
the base, minutely serrated from thence to the tips. Fore wings with a 
brown membrane, Hind wings lurid-cinereous. Length of the body 
103 lines. 
Male. Narrower than the female. Dorsum of the abdomen witha black 
disk, which has four transverse red streaks; sides with black spots. Hind 
femora rather more incrassated than those of the female. Hind tibiae 
slightly dilated beneath along the whole length, the angle more prominent 
than that of the female. Length of the body 83 lines, 
a, 6. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray’s collection, 
Genus 15. GELONUS, 
Gelonus, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 3. 
1, GELONUS DISCOLOR. 
Amorbus discolor, C. H. 411—Gelonus discolor, Stal. 
a. Tasmania. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. 
