HEMirTERA IIETEROPTERA. 871 



(ownrds the tip. Abdomen black above; connexiviim pale yellow; s[>i- 

 racles black ; venlnil spine obliisc, not extending to the bind coxae. Le<js 

 paiegieeu; lihiie fun owed ; tarsi tawny. Fore wings ferruginous; costa 

 pale yellow towards tbe base ; uieuibrane brownish cinereous. Length of 

 the body 4^ lines. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



83. RHArHIGA.STEH PEEFECTUS. 



Fulvim, 'nngi-elliplicus, dense punctalus, subtits teslaceus ; thorax testnceo 

 maryinatus el nonnitncjuam subcoiispersus, spinis duahus lalcralibus 

 longis validis acutis ; sculellum nigricarile fu.icialitm, apicem versus 

 puUidc Jlavuin ; abdomen dorso vifjro inaculis laleralibiis le.tlaceis, 

 spina ventrali coxas iiudias pauUo snperunlc ; pedes pallide ks(acei, 

 sat gratiles. 

 Tawny, elongate-elliptical, thickly and rather roughly black-punc- 

 tured, testaceous beneath. Head elongate, with two slight longitudinal 

 ridges; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the hind coxse. 

 Antennaj a little more than half the length of the body; first joint not 

 extending to the front of the head ; third a little longer than tlie second 

 and tlian the fourth ; fifth shorter tlian the fourth. Thorax boidereil and 

 sometimts slightly speikled with testaceous; hind angles forming two long 

 stout acute directly diverging spines. Scutellun) with a blackish i)and 

 beyond the middle, pale yellow from thence to the tip. Abdomen black 

 above; connexivurn with testaceous spots; ventral spine extending a little 

 beyond the middle coxa?. Legs pale testaceous, rather slender. Mem- 

 brane of the fore wings pale cinereous; veins brown. Hind wings pel- 

 lucid; veins pale. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines. 



fl, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



c. Morel<m Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



d. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



84. Rhaphigasteu extenuatis. 'a^lv j '^\e.-^°°\ 



Teslaceus, longi-ovalus, dense punclalus ; antennce rufce, basi pallide Ics- 

 taceie, corporis triente iwn lonc/iores ; thorax transverse suOcarinaliis ; 

 spiracula fusca ; spina vcnlralis coxas posticus attiugms ; pedes 

 breves ; membrana limpida. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, thickly and minutely punctuied; punc- 

 tures of the ground hue. Head shun ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxre. AnteiiDcE red, hardly one-third of the len;;tli 

 of the body ; first and second joints pale testaceous ; first not extep.ding to 

 the front of the head ; third pale testaceous at the base, a little longer 

 than the second; fourth Ioniser than the third ; fifth as long as the fourili. 

 'J horax with a slight transverse ridge between the hind angles, which are 

 rounded and not j)rominent; no calli nor transverse impression in Iront. 

 Spiracles brown. Ventral sjiine extending to the hind coxae. Legs shmi, 

 ])ale testaceous. Mimbrune of tlic fore wings pellucid. Length of tlic 

 body .3 lines. 



