140 HEMIPTERA. 



1. DICTYOTUS tasmanicus, n. s. 



D. supra fusco-griseus, nigro-punctatus ; capitis apice subemar- 

 ginato ; abdominis marginibus fulvo nigroque variegatis ; cor- 

 pore subtus nigro-fusco, punctate; pedibus luteis, geniculis, 

 tibiis apice, tarsisque nigris ; antennis nigris, articulo secundo 

 tertio paullo breviori. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Above brownish grey, thickly and rather strongly punctured 

 with black. Head with the lateral lobes not much longer than 

 the central lobe, and not meeting in front of it ; the apex of the 

 head very slightly emarginate. Thorax with the lateral margins 

 narrowly edged with yellow. Scutellum with an irregular orange- 

 yellow spot in each basal angle ; apex whitish. Membrane of 

 the elytra brown, closely reticulated with black nervures. Mar- 

 gins of the abdomen banded with black and orange, the centre 

 of each segment being orange. Abdomen beneath deep brown, 

 thickly and rather finely punctured, with the margins variegated 

 as on the upper surface; anus dull orange. Breast brown, 

 thickly and finely punctured with black ; sternum black. Legs 

 yellow, with the tips of the thighs, the tibiae at base and apex, 

 and the tarsi black. Rostrum yellow, with the tip brown. An- 

 tennae black, with the base of the first joint, and the articulations 

 between the third and fourth, and fourth and fifth joints, yellow. 

 a. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by Sir John Richard- 

 son, M.D. 



2. DICTYOTUS Roei. PI. III. fig. 4. 



Pentatoma Roei, Hope, Cat. 42 (1837). 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



3. DICTYOTUS bipunctatus, n. s. 



D. supra subferrugineus, fusco-punctatus ; capite antice emargi- 

 nato ; thorace antice punctis 2 minutis albis ; abdominis mar- 

 ginibus fulvo nigroque variegatis ; corpore subtus, cum pedi- 

 bus, fulvo-testaceo, sterno nigro ; antennis rubris, articulis 2 

 apicalibus nigris. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Above somewhat ferruginous, thickly punctured with brown. 

 Head emarginate at the apex ; lateral lobes passing the central, 

 but not meeting. Eyes black. Thorax with two minute, whitish 

 elevated points on the disc ; lateral margins narrowly edged with 

 testaceous. Scutellum with a minute, whitish point in each 

 basal angle; apical margin whitish. Membrane of the elytra 

 whitish, opaque, with brownish nervures. Margins of the abdo- 

 men banded with orange and black. Abdomen beneath orange 



