HEMIPTERA. 291 



48. RHAPHIGASTER? armatus, n. s. 



R. testaceus, supra fusco-punctatus ; thoracis angulis lateralibus 

 spinosis, spinis fuscis ; spina ventral! longissima. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Testaceous, shining, above thickly and rather finely punctured 

 with brown. Head pointed in front. Eyes black; ocelli brown. 

 Thorax with the lateral angles produced into short, subacute 

 brown spines, turned a little upwards and backwards. Scutellum 

 small, triangular, nearly equilateral. Membrane of the elytra 

 hyaline, nearly colourless. Abdomen beneath very faintly and 

 sparingly punctured towards the sides ; ventral spine very long, 

 reaching the anterior margin of the breast. Breast finely and 

 thickly, but partially, punctured with brown. Legs, rostrum 

 and antennae orange testaceous. 

 a. New South Wales. 



Genus 30. PRIONACA, n. g. 



Head nearly as broad as long, rounded and entire in front, 

 lateral lobes meeting beyond the central. Ocelli minute, placed 

 near the posterior angles of the eyes and close to the anterior 

 margin of the thorax. Antennae with the basal joint robust, not 

 reaching the apex of the head ; second joint slender, very long, 

 twice the length of the head ; remainder wanting. Rostrum 

 not reaching the posterior coxae, inserted on a level with the base 

 of the antennas at some distance from the front of the head; 

 basal joint short, not passing the base of the head; second longest; 

 third longer than the first, a little shorter than the second ; fourth 



' shortest. Body short and broad. Thorax with the lateral an- 

 gles produced into strong acute spines, the lateral margins di- 

 stinctly crenulated. Scutellum very little longer than broad, 

 triangular, with the lateral margins waved, the apex rounded. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra much longer than the membrane, 



i with the apical margin rounded ; membrane with longitudinal 

 nervures. Ventral spine not reaching the intermediate coxae. 

 Sternum with a distinct central furrow, for the reception of the 

 rostrum. Tarsi wanting. 



1. PRIONACA lata, n. s. 



P. supra flava, nigro-punctatissima, thorace antice maculis 2 sub- 

 elevatis impunctatis ; macula impunctata in singulo elytro ; 

 corpore subtus, pedibus, rostroque fulvis, pectore antice 

 nigro. cT . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above yellowish, very thickly punctured with black. Thorax 



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