HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 201 
Sbdominal segment. Antenne stout, much more than half the length of 
the bo:ly; first and second joints speckled with black; first extending wuch 
beyond the head; second much shorter than the first; third piceous, tes- 
taceous towards the hase, reddish at the tip, about thrice the length of the 
second ; fourth piceous, reddish at the base and the tip, much shorter than 
the second, Thorax with a large smooth pale patch adjoining the fore 
border; sides slightly retuse, serrated near the fore border; hind angles 
acute, prominent. Scutellum not extending beyond the angle of the corium, 
clouded with brown, excepting a pale smooth irregular stripe. Legs rather 
long and slender, speckled with black. Fore wings with a blackish patch 
in the disk; membrane cinereous, with stout reticulated blackish veins. 
Length of the body 7} lines. 
Tt may be a local variety of A. subspinosus. 
a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
Genus 14. SPUDAEUS, C. H. 168. 
1. Spupaus ReE1IcuLarvs, C. H. 169. 
a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 
b. Australia. 
e. Port Essington. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 
d. Port Essington. From Mr. Gvuld’s collection. 
2. Seupazus parvutus, C. H. 169. 
a. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould’s collection. 
3. SPUDEUS PUNCTATISSIMUS. 
punctatissimus, Monsrouzier, Sign. A. S. EB. FP. 4me Ser. i. 63. 
Balade. 
4, Spunus LAtus. 
Testaceus, longi-ovatus, fusco dense punctatus ; caput lanceolatum, strigis 
duabus posticis nigricantibus parallelis approximatis, lobo medio 
lobos laterales sat superante ; rostrum apice nigrum, coxas posticas 
longe superans; antenne nigricantes, articulo 20 ad Sum basi lesta- 
ceis, lo testaceo nigricante-consperso ; thorax transverse im preseus, 
anyulis posticis longis acutis ; scutellum fusco nebulosum ; pectus 
pallide testaceum, vittis duabus marginalibus nigris testaceo con- 
spersis ; abdomen maculis marginalibus nigris, ventre nigro villis 
macularibus testaceis ; pedes longiusculi, femoribus niyro conspersis, 
libits nigro bifasciatis, tarsis apice nigris; ale antice plaga mem- 
branaque fuseis. 
Testaceous, elongate-oval, thickly punctured with brown. Head lan- 
ceolate, a little shorter than the thorax; two parallel approximate longitu- 
dinal blackish streaks between the eyes. Middle lobes somewhat longer 
than the lateral lobes. Rostrum pale testaceous, black towards the tip, 
extending to half the length of the abdomen, Antenne blackish, rather 
shorter than the body; first joint above testaccous, blackish-speckled ; the 
four following joints testaceous towards the base; third and fourth longer 
than the second aud than the fifth. Thorax with a transverse antemedial 
impression; hind angles very acute and prominent, slightly inclined for. 
ward; sides smooth. Scutellum much shorter than the corium of the fore 
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