Rinjncliotal Family Lygaeidse. 417 



Hab. North Queensland ; Kuranda, 1-100 ft. (R. E. 

 Turner). 



We have also received this species from the same area 

 collected by Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Allied to S. bicolor, Dist., and S. vitticeps, Korv. 



Scopiastes elegans, sp. n. 



Head testaceous, apices of the stylated eyes black ; pro- 

 notum testaceous with a broad, central, transverse black 

 fascia, the basal area often strongly tinged with ochraceous ; 

 scutellum shining black ; corium purplish red, the clavns 

 sometimes much darker ; membrane subhyaline, but reflect- 

 ing'the black abdomen beneath; body beneath ochraceous, 

 lateral areas of the pro- and metasterna, and nearly the 

 whole of the mesosternum black ; anterior femora testaceous, 

 intermediate and posterior femora black, all the femoral 

 apices ochraceous, fore and intermediate tibiae dull ochra- 

 ceous, tarsi and posterior tibiae black or blackish ; antennas 

 black, base of first joint ochraceous, second, third, and 

 fourth joints almost subequal in length ; pronotum with 

 the anterior area transversely, sinuately impressed, the 

 remaining area more or less strongly punctate ; scutellum 

 transversely carinate before base, and thence longitudinally 

 carinate to apex ; corium thickly but very finely punctate ; 

 membrane slightly, but distinctly, passing the abdominal 

 apex. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hab. North Queensland ; Kuranda (F. P. Dodd). 



Scopiastes linearis, sp. n. 



Body above (excluding membrane) and body and legs 

 beneath ochraceous; membrane subhyaline and reflecting 

 the dark ochraceous abdomen beneath ; apices of the strongly 

 dilated eyes purplish red ; antennas ochraceous, the extreme 

 apices of the joints black, second joint longest, third slightly 

 shorter than fourth ; pronotum blackly punctate, a central 

 longitudinal line and two spots near each posterior lateral 

 angle black ; scutellum finely, sparsely, blackly punctate, 

 concaveiytransversely carinate near base, and thence longi- 

 tudinally carinate to apex ; corium with the longitudinal 

 veins more or less black ; membrane distinctly passing 

 the abdominal apex ; femora distinctly, minutely, blackly 

 punctate. 



Long. 4-4£ mm. 

 Arm. & Mag. JS T . Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. i. 2S 



