408 CATAI.OOUK OP 



1. UciA MUTILATA. 



Teslacea, fusco punctata; antennce pallidp. testacca ; thorax plaga fusca 

 luleo binotata ; nculellnm fusciim, giUiis duabus basalihus liluruqne 

 apicali ci/at/iiformi flavis ; prc'us vlttis duabus fuscis talis fiuvo 

 nolalis ; venter fttsco quadriplagialus ; pedes fusco fasciali ; mem- 

 brana cinerea, striga subcostali venisque fuscis. 



Testaceous: piniciures brown. Antennoe pale testaceous. Thorax with 

 two luleous calli in the disk, the smaller one in front of the larger one, 

 both includefl in a brown patch ; horns with black ridges. Scutellum 

 brown ; a yellow dot on each side at the base, and a cyathiform yellow 

 apical mark. Pectus on each side with a broad brown stripe which 

 includes three yellow calli. Abdomen beneath with two brown patches on 

 each side. Femora with an irregular brown band, which is sometimes 

 obsolete in the fore femora; tibiae and tarsi with two brown bands, which 

 are sometimes indistinct. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, with a 

 brown subcostal streak and with brown veins. Length of the body 

 2^ lines. 

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



Genus 79. AEADUCTA. 



Corpus fusiforme, fere glabrum. Caput breve, latum, transverse 

 striatum, lobis aqualibus. Rostrum coxas medias attingens. Antennae 

 graciles, corporis dimidio non longiores ; articulus 1 us fronlem attingens. 

 Thorax angulis posticis rotnndatis. Scutellum altenuatum. Pectoris 

 carina coxas anlicus attingens. Abdomen elongatum ; spina ventralis 

 coxas medias attingens. Pedes graciies; tarsi triarticulali. 



Body fusiform, very slightly punctured. Head short, broad, trans- 

 versely striated, rounded in front; lobes of equal length; middle lobe very 

 narrow. Rostrum slender, extending to the middle coxoe. Antennaj slender, 

 about half the length of the body ; Drsl joint extending to the front of the 

 head; third longer than the second, shorter than the fourth; fifth a little 

 shorter than the fouith. Thorax slightly impressed on each side in front ; 

 hind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum attenuated towards the 

 tip. Pectoral keel distinct, extending to the fure coxae. Abdomen more 

 than twice the length of the thorax ; ventral spine extending to the middle 

 coxae. Legs slender; tarsi three-jointed. Membrane of the fore wings 

 with nine longitudinal veins. 



The structure of this genus sufficiently distinguishes it from Cmpi- 

 cona. 



I. ArADUCTA GLAIiRATA. 



Nigra, nitens ; caput anlice testacca marginatuyn ; thorax lestaceo stib- 

 marginatus ; carina pectoralis el spina ventralis testacccB ; ala anticce 

 striga lata testacca, meinbrana cinerea ; pedes tcstacei. 



Black, shining, very thinly punctured. Head testaceous-bordered in 

 front. Rostrum testaceous; tip blacki&h. Thorax with a slender testaceous 



