HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 377 



Testaceous, oval, roughly punctured. Head short ; middle lobe ex- 

 tending: very little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum extcuding to the 

 liind coxa; ; lip black. Thorax wiih a very incomplete smooth band in 

 front; hind angles forming two stout slightly recurved and ascending 

 spines, whose tips are blackish. Pectus not keeled. Abdomen unarmed 

 at the tip; basal spine very stout, extending to ihe base of the antenna;. 

 Legs stout; tarsi two-jointed. Membrane of the fore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. 



o. New South Wales. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. DUADICUS TELIFER. 



Teslaceus, ovntus, rude punclalus ; caput lalcrihus subrejlexis, loho 

 medio lohos laterales paullo superanle ; antcnncB corporis dimidio 

 nan, lonyiurcs ; thorax fascia lateribusque cyaneis, spinis duahus 

 rcctis longissimis ; venter fuscus, lineis duahus marginalibus viacu- 

 lisque octo flavis, spina basali caput atlingente ; alcB anticcB macula 

 costali lulea, mcmbrana cincrea. 



Testaceous, oval, roughly punctured. Head nearly triangular ; sides 

 slightly reflexed ; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxa) ; tip black. Antenna slender, about 

 half the length of the body; first joint not extending to the front of the 

 bead; second very much shorter than the third. Thorax with a slight 

 ridge, accompanied by a blue band between the spines ; a transverse 

 smooth space on each side in front; sides and the spines blue; the latter 

 acute, slightly ascending, a little longer ihau half the space between them. 

 Pectus not keeled. Abdomen brown beneath ; two yellow marginal Hues 

 not extending to the tip ; four yellow spots along each side ; basal spine 

 thick, extending to the head. Legs stout ; femora brownish. Fore wings 

 with black punctures; a luteous costal spot near the base; membrane 

 cinereous. Length of the body A\ lines. 



This species and D. recurvus form a section in the genus, and differ 

 somewhat in structure from D. paUidus, which is the type. 



a. Moreton Bay. 



Genus 45. STAURALIA, C. H. 294. 



1. SXAURALIA CHLORACANTHA, C H. 295. 



a. Australia. 



2. Stauralia crassicornis. 



Testacea, sal plana, fulvo dense punctata ; capitis lobus medius lubos late- 

 rales vix superans ; rostrum coxai mcdias non allingens ; antennce 

 ruftc, validcc, apice uigrcc, corporis dimidio breviorcs ; thorax callis 

 duobus anlicis transvcrsis indeterminatis ; scuttltum fusco uniinacU' 

 latum ; abdomen dorso rufo, spina ventrali coxas anlicas attingcntc. 



Testaceous, nearly elliptical, rather flat, thickly and minutely punc- 

 tured ; punctures t.iwny ; under side pale yellow. Head somewhat ])ointcd ; 

 middle lube hardly extending beyond the lateral lobes, llosirum not ex- 

 tending to the middle coxa; ; tip black. Anteuntc red, robust, a little less 

 than half the length of the body ; first joint extending much bcyoud the 



