170 HEMIPTERA. 



Above greyish testaceous, irregularly punctured with black. 

 Head with a brassy green stripe on the central lobe and three lines 

 of the same colour on the vertex. Ocelli bright red. Thorax, 

 scutellum, and the coriaceous portion of the elytra, with irregular 

 patches of brass)' green punctures. Membrane transparent, 

 brownish, with the nervures dark brown. Margins of the abdo- 

 men banded with brown and testaceous. Body beneath testace- 

 ous, shining, impunctate; abdomen with the stigmata black; 

 breast with a brassy green stripe on each side of the antepectus 

 behind the eyes, and a spot of the same colour on each side of the 

 medipectus. Legs testaceous, with the tibiae at the apex and the 

 tarsi dusky ; apical joint of the tarsi brown. Rostrum testaceous^ 

 with the tip pitchy black. Antennae with the basal joint testace- 

 ous, with a brassy streak on the outside ; second joint testaceous 

 at the base, black at the apex (rest wanting). 



a. Richmond River, Australia. From Mr. Leycester's Col- 

 lection. 



Genus 16. PCECILOMETIS, n. g. 



Head rounded in front, central lobe longer than the lateral ; 

 lateral margins sinuated. Antennae as long as the body, or nearly 

 so, inserted nearly as far from the eyes as from the apex of the 

 head; of four or five joints; basal joint about as long as the 

 head, and reaching far beyond its apex, clavate, slightly curved 

 outwards, thicker than the remaining joints ; apical joint shorter 

 than the penultimate. Rostrum reaching the base of the abdo- 

 men, inserted towards the apex of the head, about on a level with 

 the insertion of the antennae ; basal joint passing the base of the 

 head, but not reaching the anterior coxae ; second longest, reach- 

 ing the intermediate coxae ; third not longer than the first ; fourth 

 joint shortest. Body ovate. Thorax hexagonal, with the lateral 

 margins smooth. Scutellum triangular, covering about two- thirds 

 of the abdomen. Coriaceous portion of the elytra much longer 

 than the membrane ; the apical margin very oblique, with the 

 outer angle abruptly truncated. Membrane with longitudinal 

 nervures. Margins of the abdomen with a very small tooth at 

 the posterior angle of each segment. Abdomen with a distinct 

 central furrow, which reaches the posterior margin of the fourth 

 segment. Legs moderate, rather stout; basal joint of the tarsi 

 stoutest, longer than the other two together. 



Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) fy Syst. Rh. (1803). 

 Halys, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); H. Schdff. We 



(1844). 



