672 CATALOGUE OF 



veutial spine txtendinoj to the hind coxae. Legs ratlier short and stout. 

 Fore wings pale oiass-gieen, nut coveiina; the sides of the abdomen ; mem- 

 brane pellucid. Lenf{lh of the body 3J lines. 

 Australia. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



CUSPICONA STRENUELLA. 



Teslacea, lata, oralis, dense el subiiliter punctata ; caput sat magnum, 

 aiilice roiundatum ; rostrum nigrum, coxas posticas superans ; antenna 

 rufcc, basi teslacea ; thorax cornubus robustis lancenlalis dejlexis sub- 

 acittis perparum asrendentibus sat longis apices versus ferrugineis ; 

 scutellum vitta teslacea punctis nigris marginala apice dilatata ; 

 membrana diaphana. 



Testaceous, broad, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, paler beneath. 

 Head ra.^°r large, rounded in front ; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, 

 not prominent. Rostrum mostly black, extendinjj rather beyond the hind 

 coxee. Antennae red, almost half tl)e len-^th 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 inteimediate space. Scutellum 

 rounded at the tip, more than half the length of the abdomen, with u 

 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 coxae, 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 extanies. Rostrum coxas posticas atlingens. Antenna; coiporis 

 diniidio panllo longiores. Thoracis cornua acuta, obliqua. Scutelluin 

 apice subrotundatum, carina indeterminata antice furcala. 



Body elliptical, minutely and very thickly punctured. Head elongate ; 

 lateral lobes lanceolate, acute, extending much beyond the middle lobe. 

 Eyes prominent. Rosirum extending to the hiud coxae. Antennse 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 little 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 lip. Legs slender, moderately long; tarsi three-jointed. 



