IIEMIPTERA HETEUOI'TERA. 545 



Dark reddish, elongate-elliptical, minutely punctured, tliickly speckled 

 with pule yellowish, whili^h lieneath. Head with seven pale yellow lines; 

 hind part hlack, with one yellow line. Eyes blackish. Roslruua pale. 

 Antennae piceous-red. Thorax with a yellow line; sides very narrowly 

 yellow; hind angles slightly prominent. Scutelhun less thickly speckled 

 than the thorax, with a yellow line at the base, vvith a yellow spot on each 

 basal angle, and with one at the tip. Pectus and underside of the abdonjcn 

 with four red stripes, the inner pair composed of transversely elongated 

 spots. Legs whitish, thickly red-speckled ; femora towards the base and a 

 band on the tibiaj unspeckled ; tarsi piceous. Fore wings with an 

 elongated pale yellow spot in the disk ; membrane brown, with seven while 

 stripes. Length of the body 5h lines. 



The smaller size, the more obtuse angles of the thorax and the spot on 

 each of the fore wings will distinguish it from P. aualralasicc, P. apicalis, 

 P. palruelis, P. caliduft, P. conspersus and P. cognalas. The spot on each 

 fore wing distinguishes it from P. gravis, P. lineatus, P. slriyalus, 

 P. eximius, P. histricus and P. fasciatiis. 



PCECILOMETIS MUNDUS. 



Rufescente cervinus, fusco punctatus, subtus leslaceus; caput sex 

 lineatum ; thoracis latera antica testacea nigra marginala ; sculellum 

 apice teslaceum ; alee anlicce casta testacea, membrana cinerea. 



Reddish fawn-colour, elongate-elliptical, thickly and minutely brown- 

 punctured, testaceous beneath. Head elongate; the punctures arranged 

 in six lines, of which the outer pair are undulating ; middle lobe extending 

 a little beyond the lateral lobes. First joint of the anlennaj extending much 

 beyond the front of the head; second a little shorter than the third; 

 fourth much longer than the third. Thorax hexagonal ; hind angles 

 prominent, acute ; anterior sides testaceous, slightly rcHexed, bordered with 

 black. Scutellura testaceous and sinooth at the tip. Spiracles black. 

 Tarsi piceous. Fore wings with a testaceous costa; membraue cinereous. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



The pale membrane distinguishes it from P. fasciatus, P. histricus, 

 P. apicalis and P. gravis, to which last species it has most alBnily. It 

 diflfers from P. modestus in the pale colour of the antenna;, of the legs and 

 of the under side of the abdomen. 



a. Moreton Buy. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



PCECILOTOMA LABIDA. 



Aleloccrus labidus, Erichs, Arch. Nalurgsch. viii. 277. 



Australia. 



Agonoscelis femoealis. 



Lutea aut rufesccns, pilosa, aspere punctata, subtus Jlnva ; caput nigra 

 quadrivillatum ; antenna nigr(C ; thorax nigra quadrimaculUus ; 

 scutellum nigra fjuadrivitlaluui ; pectus ct vcittcr c guttis nigris 

 bivittata ; pedes nigri, fenwribus Jlavis nigra biniaculatis : aUc 

 anticcB nignc, lutea canspcrsa, casta basali niarginct/uc cxlcriore lulcis 

 aut rufcscentibm, membrana nigra diaphano niarginata. 



