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testaceous, very thickly and minutely punctured with brown; 

 stigmata, two patches at the base of the abdomen, and a spot on 

 the anal apparatus, black. Breast of the colour of the abdomen, 

 thickly punctured with black and brown ; sternum black. Ros- 

 trum testaceous, with the third joint ferruginous, the fourth 

 black. Antennae with the three basal joints, and the base of the 

 fourth, red ; remainder black ; second joint longer than the third. 

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



4. DICTYOTUS affinis, n. s. 



D. pracedenti valde affinis ; thorace sine punctis 2 albidis ; ca- 

 pite antice subintegro ; scutello apice flavo ; abdomine subtus 

 testaceo, fusco punctatissimo, nigro-variegato. <? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



a. King George's Sound. Presented by Capt. Grey. 



5. DICTYOTUS polystictica. 



Sciocoris polystictica, White, Zool. Ereb. fy Terr. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 



b. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Joseph Hooker. 



c. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. Hooker's Collection. 



6. DICTYOTUS inconspicuus, n. s. 



D. supra fusco-testaceus, fusco-punctatus ; capite antice subin- 

 tegro ; oculis nigris ; scutello apice pallido ; membrana fusces- 

 ceuti, nervis paullo obscurioribus ; abdomiriis marginibus im- 

 maculatis ; corpore subtus rufo-fulvo ; pedibus fulvis ; rostro 

 testaceo, apice nigro. 9 

 Long. lin. 4. 



a. King George's Sound. Presented by Capt. Grey. 



7. DICTYOTUS apicalis, n. s. 



D. ovatus, supra fusco-griseus, nigro-punctatus ; scutelli apice 

 fulvo ; membrana nigra, nervis pallidis ; corpore subtus, pe- 

 dibusque luteo-albidis, femoribus apice nigricantibus, tibiis 

 apice tarsisque nigris -, antennis piceis, articulis 3 et 4 apice 

 fulvis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4f . 



Ovate, above pale brown, thickly and rather finely punctured 

 with black and dark brown. Head with the lateral lobes very 

 little longer than the central. Eyes dark brown ; ocelli reddish. 

 Thorax with two broad, longitudinal, black bands on the disc" . 

 Scutellum with a small, dull yellow spot in each basal angle ; the 

 apex bright orange. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with an 



