398 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale greenisli testaceous, elliptical, thickly punctured. Head elongate ; 

 middle lobe extendino^ very little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum ex- 

 tending to the hind coxa?; lip black. Antenna; red, nearly half the length 

 of the body; first joint extending beyond the front of the head; second as 

 leng as the third; fourth much longer than the third; fifth nearly as long 

 as the fourth. Thorax with a smooth abbreviated curved band in front, 

 and with a purplish red band on the hind border ; hind angles purplish 

 red, obtuse, hardly prominent. Pectoral keel rather deep. Abdomen 

 ochraceous beneath except towards the tip; spine extending to the hind 

 cox.Te. Legs rather short. Fore wings with a purplish red costa and with 

 a purplish red stripe along the hind border; membrane pellucid. Length 

 of the body 4.^ lines. 



Like A. punctata in structure. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



27. ACANTHOSOMA CHLOROPHILA. 



Pallide viridis ; antenna fnlva, corporis dimidio longiores ; thorax tranS" 



verse subitnpressus, spatio anleriore glabra, fascia postica ochracea 



abbreviuta, angulis posticis rotundatis ; sculellum apice ochraceum; 



pectoris carina bene deternnnata; membrana fuscescente-cinerea, apud 



unguium posticum nigra notata. 



Pale green, nearly elliptical, rather thinly and roughly punctured. 



Head rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the 



hind coxae; tip black. Antennae tawny, a liule more tiian half the length 



of the body; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; second much 



longer than the third ; fourth longer than the second ; fifth longer thin the 



fourth. Thorax with a very slight transverse impre!?sion, in front of which 



there is a smooth space; an abbreviated ochraceous band near the hind 



border; hind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum ochraceous at the 



tip. Pectus with a much developed keel. Tarsi lawny. Membrane of 



the fore wings brownish cinereous, with a black mark adjoining the hind 



angle of the corium. Hind wings colourless. Length of the body 



3 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



New Zealand. 



28. AcANTHOSOMA VITTATA, C. [I. 307. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Earl's collection. 



b. New Zealand. 



29. AcANTHOSOMA LUTEA. 



lutea, Le Guill, Rev. Zool. 1841, 262. 

 Sandwich Isles. 



Country unknown. 



30. AcANTHOSOMA I'ROXIMA, C H. 303. 



a. ? Presented by Uen. Hurdvvicke. 



