398 'catalogue of 



Pale greenish testaceous, elliptical, thickly punctured. Head elongate ; 

 middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral lobes. Eostnim ex- 

 tending to the hind coxaj; tip black. AiUennoe red, nearly half the length 

 of the body; first joint extending beyond the front of the head; second as 

 long as the third ; fourth mtich longer than the third ; fifth nearly as long 

 as the fourth. Thorax with a smooth abbreviated curved band in front, 

 and with a purplish red band on the hind border; hind angles purplish 

 red, obtuse, hardly prominent. Pectoral keel rather deep. Abdomen 

 ochraceous beneath except towards the tip; spine extending to the hind 

 coxfE. Legs rather short. P^ore wings with a purplish red costa and with 

 a purplish red stripe along the hind border; membrane pellucid. Length 

 of the body 4h lines. 



Like A. punctata in structure. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



27. ACANTHOSOMA CHLOROPHILA. 



Pallide viridis ; anlennce fulvts, corporis dimidio longiores ; thorax trans~ 



verse subimpressjis, spalio anteriore (jlabro, fascia poslica ochracea 



abbrcviala, angulis posticis rotundatis ; sciUellum apice ochraceum ; 



pectoris carina bene deter minata; membrana fuscescente-cinerea, apud 



angulum posticum nigra notata. 



Pale green, nearly elliptical, rather thinly and roughly punctured. 



Head rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the 



liind coxje; tip black. Antennee tawny, a little more than half the lengtli 



of the body ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; second much 



longer than the third ; fourth longer than the second ; fifth longer than the 



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



there is a smooth space; an abbreviated ochraceous band near the hiud 



border; hind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum ochraceous at the 



tip. Pectus with a much developed keel. Tarsi tawny. Membrane of 



the fore wings brownish cinereous, with a black mark adjoining the hind 



angle of the corium. Hind wings colourless. Length of the body 



3 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



New Zealand. 



28. AcANTHOSOMA VITTATA, C. H. 307. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Earl's collection. 

 h. New Zealand. 



2S). AcANTHOSOMA LUTEA. 



lutea, Le Guill, Rev. Zool. 1841, 262. 

 Sandwich Isles. 



Country unknown. 



30. ACA>'T1I0S0MA PUOXIiMA, C. //. 303. 



fl. ? Presented by Gen. Hardv.'ick.e. 



