HEMirTEEA HETEROPTERA. 377 



Testaceous, oval, roiigbly punctured. Head short ; middle lobe ex- 

 teiidinfr very little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrura extendinj^ to the 

 bind coxiP ; lip black. Thorax wiih a very incomplete smooth band in 

 front; hind anc^les forminjj two stout slightly recurved and ascending 

 spines, whose tips are blackish. Pectus not keeled. Abdomen unarmed 

 at the tip; basal spine very stout, extending to the base of the antenntC. 

 Legs stout ; tarsi two-jointed. Membrane of the fore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. New South \V'ales. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. DuADICtJS TELIFER, 



Testaceit.t, ovatus, rude punclalus ; caput lalerihiis subrejlexis, lobo 

 medio lubns lalerales paullo superante ; anUnnce corporis dimidio 

 non lonyiores ; thorax fascia lateribusque cyaneis, spinis duabus 

 rectis longissimis ; venter fuscus, lineis duabus margiualibus macu- 

 lisque oclo flavis, spina basali caput attingente ; alee anticce macula, 

 costali luiea, memhrana cinerea. 



Testaceous, oval, roughly punctured. Head nearly triangular ; sides 

 slightly reflexed ; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxae; tip black. Antenuae slender, about 

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

 liead ; second very much shorter than the third. Thorax with a slight 

 ridge, accom|)anied by a blue band between the spines ; a transverse 

 smooth space on each side in front; sides and the spines blue; the latter 

 acute, slightly ascending, a little longer than half the space between them. 

 Pectus not keeled. Abdomen brown beneath ; two yellow marginal Hues 

 not extending to the lip ; four yellow spots along each side; basal spine 

 thick, extending to the head. Legs stout ; femora brownish. Fore wings 

 with black punctures; a luteous costal spot near the base; membrane 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



This species and D. recurvus form a section in the genus, aud differ 

 somewhat in structure from D. pallidus, which is the type. 



a. Moreton Bay. 



Genus 45. STAURALIA, C. H. 294. 



I. SXAURALIA CHLORACANTHA, C. H. 295. 



a. Australia. 



2. Staoraxia crassicornis. 



Testacea, sal plana, fulvo dense punctata ; capitis lobiis medius lobes late- 

 rales vix superatis ; rostrum coxas medias non allingens ,• antennce 

 rufce, validce, apice nigra:, corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax callis 

 duobus aniicis transvcrsis indelerminatis ; sculcUum fusco unimacu- 

 lalum ; abdomen dorso rufo, spina ventrali coxas anticas attingente. 



Testaceous, nearly elliptical, rather flat, thickly and minutely punc- 

 tured ; punctures tawny; under side pale yellow. Head somewhat jjointed ; 

 middle lobe hardly extending beyond the lateral lobes. Kostruui not ex- 

 tending to the middle coxa;; tip black. Anteniiaj red, robust, a little less 

 ihau half the length of the body: lirst joint extending much beyond the 



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