IIF.JIIPTERA llETKROrXKRA. 'M'i 



wings willi a wliitisli oblique stieal< cxtomlinnf to llie (li^k from tlie base of 

 llie costa ; membrane cinureoiis. Len;^t!i of the boJy 3| Hues. 



Adelaide. In the Naiional Museum at Melbounie. 



Country unknown. 



87. RuAPiiiGASTEu Paunisus, C. II. 279. 



a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b. ? 



88. RHAPillGASTER TARVULUS, C. 11. '279. 



a. ? 



8!). Ehaphigasteu anticus, C. H. 283. 



a. 



? 



90. KlIAPHIGASTER ILLVESCEXS, C. H. 283. 



91. RflArillGASTER MENSOR. 



iiiensor, H.-Sth. Wunz. Ins. viii. 7, pi. 226, f. 713. 



92. Ehaphigaster rugiviiNtkis. 

 rugiventris, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. viii. 11. 



93. RriAl'HlGASTEU ACUTUS. 



acutus, Il.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 318. 



94. Rhaphigaster biclaga. 



Prasinvs, Inngl-elUjUicus, dense pitnctatiis, snblus palllde teslaceo-vindis ; 

 capitis latera vi.v rejlexa ; aiitcnme nigra; thorax maciilis duabus 

 posticis nigris inagnis stib(/tiadralis, laterihus Jiavis ; scutellum apice 

 Jlavuin ; alee antictc costa basijiava, membrana iinipida. 



Grass-green, elongate-elliptical, rough'y and thickly punctured, paler 

 and with a testaceous tin<;e beneath. Sides of the bead hardly reflexed ; 

 lobes of equal lenfjth. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennae 

 black. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front ; a large black 

 subquadrate spot on each side of the bind border; sides yellow; hind 

 angles rounded, slij^hlly prominent. Scutellum with a yellow tip. Ventral 

 spine very short. I-egs testaceous. Costa of the fore winfjs yellow towards 

 the base; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 7 lines. 



Much narrower than R. prasinus, to which it is most nearly allied. 



