﻿14 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Dallas's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  

  

  Amphaces 
  virescens, 
  n. 
  s. 
  (PI. 
  I. 
  fig. 
  6.) 
  

  

  A. 
  elongato-ovata, 
  virescens, 
  punctata; 
  oculis 
  fusco-rufis, 
  ocelli's 
  

   rufiis; 
  antennarum 
  articulis 
  4to. 
  et 
  5to. 
  fulvescentibus; 
  rostro 
  

   apice 
  nigro. 
  $ 
  . 
  , 
  

  

  Long. 
  lin. 
  6| 
  (m. 
  0.013), 
  hemelytrorura 
  membrana 
  inclusa. 
  

  

  Hab 
  in 
  Australia. 
  In 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  So- 
  

   ciety 
  of 
  London. 
  

  

  Elongate-ovate, 
  pale 
  green. 
  Head 
  above 
  minutely 
  punctured 
  

   and 
  very 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  transversely 
  ; 
  beneath 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  

   near 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  disc 
  minutely 
  punctured. 
  Eyes 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  brown 
  : 
  ocelli 
  red. 
  Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  three 
  basal 
  joints 
  pale 
  

   green, 
  clothed, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  very 
  sparingly, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   more 
  plentifully, 
  with 
  short 
  hairs 
  ; 
  basal 
  joint 
  rather 
  strongly 
  

   curved 
  outwards 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  joints 
  fulvous 
  (fifth 
  

   darkest), 
  very 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute 
  hairs, 
  which 
  render 
  their 
  

   surface 
  opaque 
  ; 
  fourth 
  joint 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second. 
  Ros- 
  

   trum 
  passing 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae, 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species, 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  fourth 
  joint 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first; 
  pale 
  greenish 
  

   yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  black. 
  Prothorax 
  above 
  rather 
  finely 
  but 
  not 
  

   thickly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  smooth 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  centre, 
  

   and 
  a 
  transverse 
  impunctate 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  very 
  slightly 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  disc 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  

   transverse 
  furrow 
  across 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  postero-lateral 
  margins 
  

   tubercular 
  a 
  little 
  behind 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  ; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  very 
  

   indistinct 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  beneath 
  rather 
  faintly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   rather 
  elongate, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  acuminated 
  ; 
  the 
  disc 
  rather 
  con- 
  

   vex, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  smooth 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  meso- 
  and 
  metathorax 
  

   beneath 
  nearly 
  impunctate, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  common 
  dull 
  patch 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  surrounding 
  the 
  orifice 
  of 
  the 
  odoriferous 
  apparatus, 
  

   from 
  which 
  a 
  short 
  curved 
  canal, 
  with 
  raised 
  margins, 
  runs 
  towards 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax; 
  sternal 
  keel 
  whitish. 
  Legs 
  

   pale 
  ; 
  thighs 
  smooth, 
  naked 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rather 
  sparingly 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  hairs 
  ; 
  claws 
  tipped 
  with 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  

   coriaceous 
  portion 
  rather 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  very 
  slightly 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  the 
  membrane 
  whitish, 
  

   semi-transparent, 
  with 
  the 
  nervures 
  concolorous. 
  Abdomen 
  be- 
  

   neath 
  strongly 
  keeled 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  keel 
  smooth, 
  becoming 
  

   wider 
  posteriorly 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  anal 
  plate 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  finely 
  

   wrinkled 
  transversely 
  ; 
  basal 
  .spine 
  just 
  passing 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae 
  

  

  