HEMIPTEKA HETEROPTEKA. !i07 



lulei.s, mcmhrana nigricantc. \iiv. /3. — AntcniKc picra, articulo 2o 

 apice ?(ique basi riifis ; pectus vevterque niyra Intro connpeisa ,• pedes 

 picei, femoribus lulco cunsjnrsis. 



Piceous, iniinitely punctured, luloous beiiealb. Head witli five yel- 

 low lines, of wliicli llie middle one is abbreviated in (ront, tbe inner pair 

 are disloo.ited in tbe middle, and ibe outer pair are niarginul ; miildle li)be 

 extending a liiile beyond tbe lattra! lubes. Rostrum pale liitcou^, black 

 at the lip, exteudinu a little beyond tbe bind coxte. Antennie inucous, 

 rather sboiter lliaii tbe body; fust and second joints and ba'^^il part of t'.e 

 third joint red; second and fourth joints loufjer than tbe third and than 

 tbe fifth. Tbiir.ix with a narrow \eliinv l)order and with yellow speckles 

 which form abo.it fiflten irrejrulav lines ; spines red towards tbe tips, long, 

 acute, inclined forward. Scutelluni speckled like the thorax; three dots at 

 the base and tip luleous. Pectus wiih ferrngin(uis speckles. Abdomen 

 above ochraceous, black at the tip; underside with a huge snbapic.il black 

 patch. Legs red, long; femora strijied with yellow beneath; tibia; fur- 

 rowed. Fore wings with a few luteous points and with a luleous dot in 

 the disk beyond the middle ; costn, outer border, and two lines luteous; 

 first line subcostal ; second neai the bind border; membrane blackish. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Var. — Anienuit piceous; tip of the second joint 

 and base of the third joint red. Pectus and under siile of abdomen black, 

 speckled with luleous; tbe latter with a short luteous siripe. Legs piceous; 

 leui:ir.i with a short line of luleous spicklos ; tarsi luteous. Length of the 

 body 10- I! lines. 



u, b. North Australia. Presented b_\ J. 11. Elsey, Esq. 



7, PCECILOMETIS HISTUICUS. 



histricns, Stal A. S. E. F. Amc Ser. v. \6G. 

 North Australia. 



8. PCECILOMETIS KXIMICS. 



eximius, Slal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. v. 165. 



North Australia. 



Var. ? — FlaiJUf, sitl/elUpticns.^ firrugineo coiispersnt, subtni pallldc tcslareji.i 

 niip'o cons/wrsus ; caput quadriviltatiim, l/iornce multo brcviiix, lobo 

 medio liibos lalernles pauUo supcrantc ; rostrum apice nigrum, co.vas 

 pnstiiax perpau/lo superans ; thorax vitti.i nnnnxillis valde indelir- 

 miuatis, linri>t diinbus latcralibus /Invis, nngutis poslicis iion aculis ; 

 sciilrl/um guttis iribvs bastilibns opicrqne flnvis ; pectus nigro quadri- 

 gullalum ; iwiiicr puncto r.igro snbapiciili ; pedes graciles, nigro con- 

 spcrsi ; ahe un/icte ferrui/ineo plagialcc, memhrana fusca. 



Yellow, almost elli])lical, thickly punctured with ferruginous, pale tes- 

 taceous and thinly black-speckled beneath. Head much shorter than the 

 thorax, the marks p.irlly conHnent and forming four slripes ; middle lobe 

 extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Proboscis with a black lij', 

 ex;ending very little be\onil tbe hind coxa\ Aiiteniue dark reddish or 

 piceous. Thorax with a yellow line along each side; tbe speckles forming 

 seven very irregular slripes ; hind auijles not prominent nor acute. Seu- 

 tellum sjUHkled like thi; thorax : three yellow dots at the base and a yellow 

 tip. Pectus with two black dots on each side. Abdomen ai)ove luteous, 

 black along each side ; uiulcr side with black spiracles and with a black 



