408 CATALOGUE OF 



]. UCIA MUTILATA. 



Tastacra, fiisco punclala ; aiilennce pallide (estacece; thorax plaf'a fmca 

 luleo binotatd ; sctilcllnm fuscam, gutlif: duabus basalibus liluraqne 

 apicali ci/alhifonni flavis ; pcc'us villis duabus fuscis latis JIubo 

 nolalis ; venter fuseo quadriplagialus ; pedes fusco fasciati ; mem- 

 hrana cinerea, striga siibcostali vmisqne fuscis. 



Testaceous; piincUires hrown. Antennce pale {estaceous. Thorax vviili 

 two liiteous calli in the disk, the smaller one in front of the larger one, 

 both included in a brown patch ; horns with black ridges. Scutelluni 

 brown ; a yellow dot on each side at the base, and a cyathiform yellow 

 apical mark. Pectus on eacli side with a broad brown stripe which 

 includes three yellow calli. Abdomen beneath with two brown patches on 

 each side. Femora with an irregular brown band, which is sometimes 

 obsolete in the fore femora; tibi;e and tarsi with two brown bands, which 

 are sometimes indistinct. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, with a 

 brown subcostal streak and with brown veins. Length of the body 

 2^ lines. 

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



Genus 79. AEADUCTA. 



Corpus fusiforme, fere glabrum. Caput breve, latum, transverse 

 striatum, lobis a^qualibiis. Rostriiu) coxas medias altingeus. Antennce 

 praciles, corporis dimidio non longiores; arliculus las fiontcm attingens. 

 Thorax angulis posticis rotundatis. Scutelluni attenuatum. Pectoris 

 carina coxas anticus attingens. Abdomen elongatum ; spina venlralis 

 coxas medias attingens. Pedes graciles; tarsi Iriarticulati. 



Body fusiform, very slightly punctured. Head short, broad, trans- 

 versely striated, rounded in front ; lobes of equal length ; middle lobe very 

 narrow. Rostrum slender, extending to the middle coxae. Antennfe slender, 

 about half the length of the body ; lirst joint extending to the front of the 

 head; third longer tban the second, shorter than the fourth; fifth a little 

 shorter than the fourth. Thorax slightly impressed on each side in front ; 

 hind angles rounded, not prominent. Sculcllum attenuated towards the 

 lip. Pectoral keel distinct, extending to the fore coxae. Abdomen more 

 than twice the length of the thorax ; ventral spine extending to the middle 

 coxa;. Legs slender; tarsi three-jointed. Aiembrane of the fore wings 

 with nine longitudinal veins. 



The structure of this genus sufficiently distinguishes it from Cuspi- 

 cona. 



1. Araducta glai^rata. 



Nigra, niiens ; caput antice testacco marginatum; thorax teslaceo suh- 

 marginatus ; carina pectoralis et spina ventralis teslaccce ; alee anticce 

 striga lata tcstacca, mcynbrana cinerea ; pedes tcslacei. 



Black, shining, very thinly punctured. Head teslaceons-bordered in 

 front. Rustrum testaceous ; tip blackibh. Thorax with a slender testaceous 



