•476 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 24. LYRAMORPHA, C. H. 346. 



1. Lyeamorpha rosea, C. H. 346. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Linnean Society. 



6, c. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



d. 



e. ? From the Zoological Society's collection. 



2. Ltramorpha diluta. 



diluta, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 3rd Ser. i. 598. 



a, b, Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c, d. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



e. Sarwatty. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



/, g. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. Lyramorpha Vollenhovii. 



Vollenhovii, Stal, Tijdschr. Voor Ent. 2meSer.n. 124. Vollenh. Faune 

 Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 35, pi. 4, f. 3. 



New Guinea. Waigiou. Aru. Morotai. Gilolo. 



4. Lyramorpha ramifera. 



Testacea ; caput postice nigrum; antennm picece ; thorax sparse et 

 sublililer punctatus, transverse substriatus, lateribus piceis rectis 

 oblique slriatis, anyulis posticis obtusis bene determinatis, disco 

 viridescenle ; sculellum apice rotundatum, lateribus apiccm versus 

 luteis ; abdomen pnrpureo-cyaneum, connexivo nigro luteo-maculato, 

 segmento apicali sexualin non superanle ; alee anticce fcrruginea, venis 

 testaceis ramosis, rnembrana tenea. 



Testaceous, elliptical, shining. Head smooth, obliquely striated on 

 each side in front; hind border black ; lateral lobes meeting beyond the 

 middle lobe. Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxfe; 

 lip black. Antennae piceous ; second joint shorter than the third. Thorax 

 pale green except in front and on each side, thinly and minutely punctured, 

 transversely and very slightly striated; sides piceous, straight, obliquely 

 striated, hind angles prominent, obtuse. Scutelhim attenuated, punctured 

 like the tiiorax, luteous on earh side towards the tip, which is rounded. 

 Abdomen above purplish blue ; coniiexivum black, with luteous spots, 

 hind angles of the apical abdominal segment not extending beyond the 

 anal appendages. Legs slender; tarsi piceous. Fore wings ferruginous ; 

 veins testaceous; the third longitudinal vein emitting on its fore side some 

 mostly ramose branches to the disk; memlnane aeneous. Length of the 

 body I ] lines. 



It differs much in the structure of the abdomen from the typical form 

 of Lyramorpha, and will probably be considered as representing a new 

 genus. 



a. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



