873 CATALOGUE OF 



It somewhat resembles R. virescens, from wliicli it may be dis- 

 linRuished by its longer body, by its shorter head, and by the iransveise 

 ridge of the thorax. 

 a, MoretoD Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collectioa. 



85. Khaphigaster vknustulits. 



Pullide lutcus, eUipHcus, iiigricante punctatun ; caput pontice fuscum ; 



antenna apice iiigricantes, corporis d'unidio breviores ; thnrux fascia 



ylubra ahbreviata maculam fuscarn includente ; scutellum sordide 



luleum, vittis duabus obliqnis viltaque posterinre Jlnvis ; spina ven- 



tralis coxas posticus superans ; alee anticie slriga maculaque fuscis. 



Pale luleous, ellipiical, with minute blackish punctures, a little paler 



beneath. Head brown along the middle part of the hind border ; middle 



lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum black towards 



the tip, extending to the hind coxae. Antennte much less than half the 



length of the body ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; 



second much longer than the third ; fourth blackish at the tip, a little 



longer than the second ; fifth blackish, except at the base, nearly as long 



as the fourth. Thorax with a very slight transverse impression, in front of 



which there is an abbreviated smooth band, the latter containing a l)rown 



spot; hind angles much rounded, not prominent. Scutellum dingy kiteous, 



with two oblique yellow stripes, which join a posterior middle yellow stripe. 



Ventral spine extending beyond the hind coxae. Legs short, stout. Fore 



wings with a brown streak and a brown spot joining the outer border of the 



corium, the spot on the hiud angle; membrane pale cinereous. Length i>i" 



the body 2^ lines. 



Like R. strachioides in structure. 

 Queensland, ^n the National Museum at Melbourne. 



86. Rhaphigaster ohltquus. 



Rufcscenle-fnlvus, ovntus, dense pitnclatns ; caput latiuscnlum ; anlenntt 

 corporis dimidin non tongiorcs, apices versus nigricantes ; thorax 

 viarginibus anticis albidis, spinis dimbns ciiisis subascendentibus 

 apice rolundatis ; scutellum macuiis duabus basaiibus upiceque pal- 

 lide flavescentibus ; pectus rtifo plarjiatunt ; venter vittis quatuor fir- 

 ruyineis indeterniinatis, spina crassa coxas aniicas attingcnte ; alee 

 anticcE striga albida obliqva, mcmbrana cinerea. 



Reddish tawny, oval, thickly punctured, testaceous beneath. Head 

 rather broad ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending nearly to the 

 hind coxte; tip black. Antennse about half the length of the body; first 

 joint extending very much beyond the head ; second shorter than the first, 

 as long as the third ; fourth and fifth blackish, a little shorter than the 

 third. Thorax with a dingy whitish stripe along each side in front ; hind 

 angles fiirining two very sJout slightly ascending directly diverging spines, 

 whose tips are rounded. Scutellum with an irregular pale yellowish spot 

 on each side at the base; tip pale yellowish. Pectus with some red patches 

 on each side. Abdomen beneath with four incomplete feriuginous stripes; 

 basal spiue ihiik, extending to the fore coxte. Legs rather stout. Fore 



