IIK.VIPTEKA HETEUOPi'El'.A. 871 



(owaids tlic tip. Abdomen black above; connexivum pule yellow; spi- 

 raelcs black ; ventral spine obtuse, not extenclinj,' to llie bind coxa;. Ia'-^s 

 palegveeu; libiie I'lii rowed ; taisi tawny. Fore winj^js ferru<i;inoiis ; costa 

 pale yellow towards tbebase; membrane brownisb cinereous. Lui^'tbof 

 the body 4^ lines. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



83. RHAnilGASTER PEErECTUS. 



Fulvus, longi-elliplicus, dense puncdUux, suhtus teslacciis ; thorax lesiiceo 

 mar(/inalus cl nonnuiiquam subconspersus, spinis duabus lalcralibus 

 lonyis validis aciUis ; scutelhim nigricaiUe faxciatnm, opicem veisui 

 patiidc Jluvuni ; abdomen dorso 7U(/ro 7nacalis lateralihus te:<tac(is, 

 spina xentrali coxas 7ncdias pavllo stiperuulc ; pedes pallide ttslacei, 

 sat graeiles. 



Tawny, elonfrate-elliptical, tbickly and rather roughly black-]iunc- 

 turcd, testaceous beneath. Head elonj^ate, with two slight longitudinal 

 ridges ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennae a little more than half the length of the body; first joint not 

 extending to the front of the head ; third a little longer than ibe second 

 and than the fourth ; fifth shorter tlian the fourth. 'I'iiorax boidered and 

 sometimes sliyhlly speckled with testaceous; hind angles forming two long 

 stout acute directly diverging spines. Scutellum with a blackish band 

 beyond the middle, pale yellow from thence to the lip. Abdomen black 

 ,above ; connexivum with testaceous spots; ventral si)ine extending a little 

 beyond the middle coxte. Legs pale testaceous, rather slender. Mem- 

 brane of the fore wings pale cinereous; veins brown. Hind wings pel- 

 lucid ; veins pale. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines. 



<7, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



c. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



d. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



84. Rhaphigastkk extencatus. 



Testaceus, longi-ovalus, demise punctalvs ; anlennce ruf<£, hasi pallide tes- 

 tacece, corporis trienle nan loni/iorcs ; thorax transverse subrarinatiis ; 

 spiracula fusca; spina ventralis coxas posticus attingms ; pedes 

 breves ; membrana limpida. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, thickly and minutely punctuied; punc- 

 tures of the ground hue. Head short ; lobes of equal Ungih. Rostrum 

 extentiing to the hind coxa?. Antennae red, hardly one-thiid of the leutitli 

 of the boily ; first and second joints pale testaceous ; first not cMerdiug to 

 the front of the head ; third pale testaceous at the base, a little longer 

 than the second; fourth longer than the third ; fifth as long as the founh. 

 'J borax with a slight transverse ridge between the bind angles, which are 

 rounded and not ])rominent; no calli nor transverse impression in Iront. 

 Spiracles brown. Ventral spine extending to the hind coxae. Legs short, 

 pale testaceous. Mtmbraiie of the fore wings pellucid. Length of llic 

 body .') lines. 



