HEMIPTERA HETEEOPTERA. 29 



Piceous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in front; 

 cone notched on the fore border, about twice the length of the first joint of 

 the antennae ; a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. 

 Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the propectus. Antennae less than 

 one-fourth of the length of the body; second joint white, with a black tip, 

 about twice the length of the first; third wholly white, much shorter than 

 the second ; fourth white at the base, a little shorter than the third. Pro- 

 thorax with six keels; sides rounded hiudward, tridentate in front. 

 Scutellum with a keel and with elevated sides. Legs short, slender. 

 Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; corium with a longitu- 

 dinal middle vein ; seven areolets between this vein and the costa, and 

 three between it and the hind border; membrane cinereous, with many 

 brown dots. Length of the body 1| line. 



a. Tasmania. From Mr. Smith's collection. 



New Zealand. 



28. Mezira Maorica. 



Mas et fcem. Nigra, angusta, fere linearis; caput parvum, antice coni- 

 cum ; antenna brevissimcB,articulis '2o 3oque aqualibus,4o fusiformi 

 breviore, lo adhuc breviore; prothorax transverse sulcatus, antice 

 angustior ; segmenta renlralia fulvo marginata ; pedes breves; alee 

 anticcB abdominis apicem non atlingentes, corio parvo, membrana 

 diaphana. 



Male and female. Black, flat, punctured, narrow, nearly linear. 

 Head small, conical in front; the cone longer than the first joint of the 

 antennae. Rostrum not longer than the head. Antennae about one-fifth of 

 the length of the body; second joint much longer than the first ; third as 

 long as the second ; fourth fusiform, a little shorter than the third. Pro- 

 thorax transverse in front, with a broad shallow transverse furrow at a little 

 in front of the middle; sides straight. Scutellum triangular. Hind 

 borders of the ventral segments tawny. Legs short, moderately stout. 

 Fore wings extending to about three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; 

 corium small ; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a— h. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Lort Stokes. 



Genus 5. ANEURUS. 



Aneurus, Curt. Brit. Ent. 86. De Lap. Hem. 54. Burm. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 253. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 116. 



Europe. 



1. Aneurus laevis. 



Aradus laevis, Fabr. Si/st. Rhyn. 119, 2. Fall. Hem. Suec. 140— Aneurus 

 laevis, Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 86. De Lap. Hem. pi. 54, f. 2. H.-Sch. 

 Wanz. Lns. ix, 141, pi. 310, f. 951. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 253. 

 Serv.Hist. Hem. 307. Kol. Mel. Ent. vi. 25. Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i. 

 397. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 116. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 268— Aradus 



