144 HEMIPTERA. 



with brown. Abdomen with a row of black spots on each side ; 

 the last segment with a large black spot on its disc. Breast with 

 a large black patch on the disc. Legs testaceous ; thighs covered 

 with brown points, except at the base; tibiae with fine brown 

 points, and with the apex brownish ; tarsi brownish. Rostrum 

 brownish, with the apex black. Antennae with the two basal 

 joints, and the base of the third, brownish testaceous, punctured 

 with brown ; third, fourth and fifth joints black. 



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



11. DICTYOTUS discoideus, n. s. 



D, ovatus, supra fusco-griseus, nigro-punctatus ; membrana 

 fusca, nervis pallidis; abdomine ochreo, fusco-punctatissimo, 

 vitta magna, discoidali nigro-fusca; pedibus ochreis, fusco- 

 punctatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Ovate, above greyish brown, thickly and finely punctured with 

 black and dark brown. Head with the lateral lobes rather longer 

 than the central, but not meeting beyond it ; the apex of the head 

 very slightly emarginate. Scutellum with a small yellow spot in 

 each basal angle. Membrane brown, with the nervures pale. 

 Wings brownish, transparent, iridescent. Abdomen above brown- 

 ish red, shining, tinged with violet ; the margins yellow, with a 

 black band at each of the sutures. Body beneath dark ochreous, 

 very thickly punctured with brown. Abdomen with a slightly 

 elevated line on each side on the second and third segments ; 

 the disc with a smooth, impunctate, pitchy black band running 

 from base to apex. Legs bright ochreous, covered with brown 

 points. Rostrum pale ochreous, with the tip black. Antennae 

 slender, with the two basal joints testaceous, covered with fine 

 brown points ; the third brown, with the base paler ; fourth and 

 fifth wanting. 



a. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



Genus 4. ^EDNUS, n. g. 



Head rather short, rounded and slightly emarginate at the 

 apex, with the lateral lobes meeting beyond the central. Eyes 

 prominent ; ocelli minute, distant. Antennae about half the 

 length of the body, of five joints ; basal joint shortest, not reach- 

 ing the apex of the head ; second joint shorter than the third, 

 which is shorter than the fourth ; fifth joint longest. Rostrum 

 rather short, not reaching the posterior coxae, slender, inserted 

 about the middle of the under surface of the head ; basal joint 

 reaching the base of the head ; second joint longest, third longer 

 than the first, fourth shortest. Body ovate. Thorax transverse, 



