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shdominal segment. Antennae stotit, inucli more than balf the length of 

 the boHy ; iiisi and seeimd joints specklid with l)lack ; Hisl extendin<^ much 

 beyoiiii llie heid ; second nnuh shorter ihaii ihelirsl; tliird [)iceous, ti s- 

 taccous towards the liase, reddish at ihe tip, about tlirice die length of the 

 second ; fourth i)iceons, reddish at the l)ase and tiie tip, niucli sliorter tlian 

 the second. 'J'hoiax witli a large smooth pale patch adjoining the fore 

 border; sides slighiiy retnsc, serrated near the fore border ; liind angles 

 acute, proniiiient. Scuiellum not extending beyoiul the angle of the corium, 

 clouded with brown, excepting a i)ale smooth irregular stripe. Legs rather 

 lonsr and blender, speckled with black. Fore wings with a blackish patch 

 in ihe disk ; membrane cinereous, wit'i stout reticulated blackish veins. 

 Length of the bod_\ 7j lines. 



It may be a local variety of A.subsplnosus, 



a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



(ienus 14. SPUD^US, C. H. 108. 

 1. Spud.eus re'jiculatus, C. H. 1(59. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardsnn. 



b. Australia. 



c. Port Essington. Preseuled by the late Earl of Derby. 



d. Port Essington. From Mr. Guuld's collection. 



2. Spud.eus parvulus, C. //. 1G9. 

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



3. SpUn.'EUS PirNCTATISSIMCS. 



punctatissimus, Mon/roiizier, Sign. A. S. E. F. Ame Scr. i. (i.'i. 

 Bulade. 



4. SpUn.EUS LATUS. 



Tcslacpus, liini/i-iivaius, fusco dense piinctalus ; caput lanceolalum, striyis 

 diiubus posticis ni(]ricanlibus para/lelis appioximatis, lobo medio 

 lohos Liltrules sal superante ; rostrum apice nic/ium, coxas poslicas 

 longe supvrans ; antetina: niffricanles, arlicu/a 2o ad i'mrn basi te.stu- 

 ceis, lo teslact'o niijricanle-conspersu ; tliorux transversa inipresf.us, 

 an(;iilis posticis longis aciitis ; scutelluni Jii^co nebulosum i pectus 

 pallide tcsldctiun, vittis duubus maryinallbus nii/ris testaceo con- 

 spenis ; abdomen muculis marginalibus nigrif, ventre nigra vittis 

 macutaribus teslaceis ; pedes longiusculi,feuioribus nigra vonspersis, 

 tiiiis nigra bifasciutis, tarsis apice nigris ; ala; antic<e plaga mem- 

 branaque fuscis. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, thickly punctured with brown. Head lan- 

 ceolaie, a little shoiter ihan the lliorax; two parallel apprdximate longitu- 

 dinal blackish streaks between the eyes. Middle lobes somewhat longer 

 than the lateral lobes. Ilosirum pale testaieous, black towards the tip, 

 extending to half the length of the abdomen. Antenn;u blackish, rather 

 shorter tlum the body ; lirst joint above testaceous, blackii^h-speckled ; the 

 l(uir following' joints testaceous towards the base; third and lourtli longer 

 than the second and than the fifth. Tborax with a transverse antemedial 

 impression; bind angles very acute and prominent, sliglitly inclined lor- 

 ward; sides smooth. Scutellum much shorter than the conum of the fore 



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