HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA, 207 
luteis, membrana nigricante. Var. 8.—Antenne picee, articulo 20 
apice Roque basi rufis ; pecitus venterque nigra luteo cunspersa ; pedes 
picet, femoribus luteo conspersis. 
Piceous, minutely punctured, luteous beneath. Head with five yel- 
low lines, of which the middle one is abbreviated in front, the inner pair 
are dislocated in the middle, and the outer pair are marginal ; middle lobe 
extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum pale luteous, black 
at the tip, extending a little beyond the hind coxe. Antenne piceous, 
rather shorter than the body; first and second joints and basal part of tle 
third joint red; second and fourth joints longer than the third and than 
the fifth. Thorax with a narrow yellow border and with yellow speckles 
which form about fifteen irregular lines ; spines red towards the tips, long, 
acute, inclined forward. Scutellum speckled like the thorax; three dots at 
the base and tip luteous. Pectus with ferruginous speckles. Abdomen 
above ochraceous, black at the tip ; under side with a large subapical black 
patch. Legs red, long; femora striped with yellow beneath; tibie fur- 
rowed. Fore wings with a few luteous points and with a luteous dot in 
the disk beyond the middle; costa, outer border, and two lines luteous ; 
first line subcostal ; second near the hind border; membrane blackish. 
Hind wings cinereous. Var.—Anienue piceous; tip of the second joint 
and base of the third joint red. Pectus and under side of abdomen black, 
speckled with luteous; the latter with a short luteous stripe. Legs piceous ; 
femora with a short line of luteous speckles ; tarsi luteous. Length of the 
body LO—11 lines. 
a, 6. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 
7. PacILOMETIS HISTRICUS. 
histricus, Stal, A. S. FE. F. 4me Ser. v. 166. 
North Australia. 
8. PaciLoMeTIs EXIMIUS. 
eximius, Sal, A. S. EB. F. 4me Ser, v. 165. 
North Australia. 
Var. ?—Flavus, subellipticus, ferrugineo conspersus, sublus pallide testaceus 
nigro conspersus ; caput quadrivittatum, thorace multo brevius, lobo 
medio lobos laterales paullo superante ; rostrum apice nigrum, coxas 
posticas perpaullo superans; thorax vittis nonnullis valde indeter- 
minatis, lineis duabus lateralibus flavis, angulis posticis non acutis ; 
scutellum gultis tribus basalibus apiceque flavis ; pectus nigro quadri- 
gutlatum ; venter puncto rigro subapicali ; pedes graciles, nigro con- 
sperst; ale antice ferruyineo plagiate, membrana fusca. 
Yellow, almost elliptical, thickly punctured with ferruginous, pale tes- 
taceous and thiuly black-speckled beneath. Head much shorter than the 
thorax, the marks partly confluent and forming four stripes; middle lobe 
extending a little heyond the lateral lobes. Proboscis with a black tip, 
extending very little beyond the hind coxe. Antenne dark reddish or 
piceous. Thorax with a yellow line along each side; the speckles forming 
seven very irregular stripes ; hind angles not prominent nor acute. Scu- 
tellum speckled like the thorax ; three yellow dots at the base and a yellow 
tip. Pectus with two black dots on each side. Abdomen above luteous, 
black along each side; under side with black spiracles and with a black 
