270 Mr, G. W. Kirkakly's Memoir upon the 



midille, lateral margins sinuately diverging posteriorly ; base sinu- 

 ately emarginate, exposing apex of the impunctate, slightly rugose 

 scutellum. Elytra and wings reaching well beyond apex of abdomen. 

 Legs slender, pilosospinose. 



49, Z. ruhrovariegata, sp, nov, (Plates V, fig. 13; VI,fig, 15.) 



$ . Head, pronotum and scutellum pale testaceous ; 1st and 2nd 

 segments of antennae, a submedian line on each side of the carina (of 

 the head, pronotum and scutellum, expanded on the last-named) pale 

 crimson. Apex of 2nd antennal segment above, 1st and 2nd segments 

 beneath, lateral margins of pronotum, 2 submedian apical spots on 

 scutellum, blackish. Elytra pale crirasou (widely) and dark purplish- 

 brown (more narrowly) in alternate bands, separated by very narrow 

 pale testaceous lines. Cuneus crimson, extreme apex pale testaceous. 

 Membrane fumate (irridescent crimson and green), nervures crimson. 

 Legs pale crimson-testaceous, cox;e pale testaceous, tarsal segments 

 partly blackish ; a black annulus at apex of posterior femora. 

 Abdomen above black, connexivum crimson. Venter pale (greenish) 

 testaceous, spiracles blackish-brown. First segment of antennae in- 

 crassate, twice as thick as 2nd and more than Z\ times as long as head ; 

 2nd segment 2^ times as long as 1st. First segment of rostrum not 

 reaching to the point of the xyphus ; 2nd segment slender, reaching 

 to anterior cox.t ; 3rd reaching to base of intermediate coxa\ 



Long. 9i-9i mill. 



Hal). Australia, Victoria, Alexandra, 



I have also in my collection a single male which is pro- 

 bably referable to this species. It comes from the same 

 locality, is similarly coloured, though a little darker, and 

 the venter is dead black. 



Long. 7i mill. 



This is certainly the handsomest Mirarian so far 

 described. 



Bothriomiris, gen. nov. 

 Has no near allies and will probably form a new division. 



Oblong, broad, pilulose. Entire surface (head, nota, sterna, elytra, 

 etc.), densely, strongly punctured. Vertex, strongly declivous, much 

 longer than high (profile), as wide as the 2 eyes together, not sulcate, 

 basally niarginate. Antenna? long, 2nd segment distinctly longer 

 than pronotum. Interior margin of eyes convex, not emarginate. 

 Pronotum without a collar and not constricted latero-medianlv, 



