tured, the puni 



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ured, the punctures of the disc somewhat obsolete ; membrane 

 brownish, transparent. Abdomen beneath deep black, with the 

 disc impunctate shining, the sides thickly and finely punctured. 

 Breast deep black, shining, impunctate, with a dull patch on 

 each side posteriorly. Legs black, with the tarsi reddish brown. 

 Rostrum and antennae brown. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



20. ^ETHUS bilineatus. 



Cydnus bilineatus, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. iv. 315. 1 

 (1824). 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



21. ^ETHUS leucostigma. 



Cydnus leucostigma, Germ. Rev. Silb. v. 



a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



22. ^ETHUS Leptospermi. 



Cydnus Leptospermi, White, Zool. Ereb. fy Terror. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. J. C. Ross, R.N. 



b. New Zealand. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



c. New Zealand. Presented by D. A. Sinclair. 



23. /ETHUS longulus, n. s. 



2E. elongato-ovatus, niger, nitidus, punctatus ; pedibus, rostro, 

 antennisque fuscis ; membrana fuscescenti, subhyalina. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3J. 



Elongate-ovate, above black, shining, with the head and tho- 

 rax fringed with very short, fine bristles. Head with the anterior 

 margin semicircular, entire, the lateral lobes nearly meeting in 

 front of the central, finely and sparingly punctured. Ocelli 

 rather large, bright red. Thorax with a distinct impression across 

 the middle of the disc ; the posterior portion of the disc, the la- 

 teral margins, and a narrow semicircular impression, which runs 

 parallel to the emargination of the anterior margin, finely punc- 

 tured ; the anterior portion of the disc, and the posterior margin 

 smooth, shining, impunctate. Scutellum elongated, narrow, 

 rather thickly and finely punctured. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra pitchy, very finely and rather thickly punctured; mem- 

 brane semitransparent, brownish. Body beneath black, shining, 

 impunctate, with a dull patch on each side of the medi- and post- 

 pectus. Legs pitchy chestnut-brown, with the tarsi ferruginous, 

 Rostrum and antennae pale brown. 



a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



