nKjMll'TKKA HKTt'.IioPTKKA. 181 



8. DlCTYOTUS GENrCULATUS, C //. H2. 



a. Aiisltalia. Pieseiited bv Sir J. RicbarHson. 



h. Soiul) Australia. Pieseiucd hy il. B.ikewtll, Esi}. 



9. DlCIYOTUS CONFINIS, C. II. 143. 



a, b. Australia. Preseuied by Sir J. Richardsdii. 



10. DlCTYOTUS SIMILIS, C. //. H3. 



a, h. Tasmania. From Dr. Honker's colleoliou. 



11. DicTvorus DiscoiDEUs, C. H. 141. 



a. Port Essiiigton. From Mr. Gould's collection. 

 h. Australia. From Mr. Darnels colleclion. 



12. DiCTYUTUS ILliBKlUS. 



plebeius, Slal, Eng. Resa, 223. 

 Sydney. 



13. DlCTYOTUS LINEATUS. 



Testaceii.1, suhclliplicm, Jlm-o pnllido univillatus ; caput cnnicnm, tho- 

 racis lalitudine diinidia angvsliis ; untennce fulvce, apice iii/rce ; 

 thorax villa anlemedid nigra abbrcriata iiidcterminala, liiifis diuibus 

 luleruiibu^ paliide teslaccis ; scutellum gutiis t/iialuor b^sadbus apice- 

 qw j)iillide Jiavis ; pectus nigricanle birillututn ; abdomen yuttis 

 Idtcralibus tiigris, lineis quinque ventralibus e punclis nigris ; pedes 

 uigro fasciali. 



'I'estaceoHS, nearly elliptical, slightly convex, tliickly punctured, very 

 thickly sprinkled with brown, with a pale yellow stripe which extends 

 I'roui the Iront of the head to the ti|) of the scutellum. Head conical, little 

 more than one-third of the breadth of the thorax, rounded, and hardly 

 narrower in front; lobes of equal length. Koblruiu with a black tip. An- 

 tennae tawny, more than half the length of the body ; first joint hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the front of the head; second, third and fourth of nearly 

 equal length; fourth black, tawny towards the tip ; fifth black, longer tl)an 

 the fourth. Thorax with an irregular abbreviated black band near the 

 fore border; a pale testaceous line along each side, not extending to the 

 rather prominent hind angle ; fore border less than half the breadth of the 

 hind border. Scutellum with four pale yellow dots on the fore border, 

 bordered with pale yellow at its tip, extending somewhat beyond the 

 middle of the abdomen. Pectus with an irregular blackish stri|)e on 

 e.ich side. Abdomen with blat'k lateral spots; under side WMih five lines 

 of black points. I'emora with a blackish irregular subapical band ; t.ir>i 

 and lips of the tibia! blackish. Foru wings with a cinereous membrane 

 which extends a little beyond the tip of the abdomen. Length of the body 

 3j lines. 



It has much resemblance to C. apicalis, luit the latter is miuh larger 

 and has no pale lateral lines on the thorax and no pale stripe on the 

 scutellum. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



