IIEMIPTERA IIETEnoriERA. 417 



Piceous-black, elliptical, roughly punctured, black bcnealli. Head 

 red alonp each side, sliphlly retuse in front; lateral lobes extending beyond 

 the middle lobe. Rostrum red, extending: to the hind coxas ; tip black. 

 Antennse black, pubescent ; joints successively increasing in length ; first 

 red, not extending beyond the head ; fifth yellow, black at the i)ase and 

 towards the tip. Thorax with red slightly reflexed sides. Abdomen red 

 above, bordered with red beneath. I^cgs red ; tarsi black. Membrane of 

 the fore wings black, cinereous bordered. Length of the body 5=1 lines. 



This species may be the type of a distinct genus. 



a. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



4. Ebora? patula. 



Piceo-nigra, longi-ovala, depressa, dense punctata, ochraceo conspcrsa ; 

 caput ochraceo marginatum, lohis laleralibus lobum medium super- 

 aniihus ; rostrum testaceum, coxas posticus attingens ; thorax lateribus 

 rufis subexcavatis, fascia poslica rufa nigra conspersa ; sculellum 

 callis duobus basatibus apiceque rujis ; pectus et venter nigra, lutco 

 marginata ; pedes lutei, nigro fasciati ; membrana picea minima. 



Piceous-black, elongate-oval, flat, thickly punctured, ochraceous- 

 speckled. Head with ochraceous and slightly reflexed borders, rounded in 

 front ; lateral lobes extending beyond the middle lobe. Ocelli not apparent. 

 Rostrum testaceous, piceous towards the tip, extending to the hind coxa. 

 Thorax with a transverse smooth mark on each side in front, with red 

 slightly excavated and reflexed sides, and with a red hind band, which is 

 speckled with black. Scutellum with a red callus on each side at the 

 base and with a red tip. Pectus and under side of the abdomen black, 

 bordered with luteous. Legs luteous ; femora, tibias and tarsi black 

 towards the tips. Membrane of the fore wings piceous, very small, 

 extending a little beyond the corium; veins black, strongly marked. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



This species hardly belongs to the above genus. 

 Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



