294 HEMIPTERA. 



sternum keelless. Legs rather short ; tarsi two-jointed, with the 

 joints about equal. 



1. DUADICUS pallidus, n. s. PI. IX. fig. 6. 



D. testaceus, fusco-punctatus ; abdominis marginibus fusco- 

 variegatis ; rostro apice nigro ; antennis apice fuscis vel nigris. 

 <? 9- 

 Long, c? lin. 3-3$, ? lin. 3f. 



Pale testaceous. Head thickly and finely punctured with red- 

 dish brown. Eyes black; ocelli brown. Thorax very thickly 

 and minutely punctured with brown ; the reflexed border of the 

 antero-lateral margin whitish, impunctate; the lateral spines 

 brown, becoming darker, or black at the apex. Scutellum rather 

 strongly, but not very thickly, punctured with reddish brown, 

 with the apex whitish, impunctate. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra whitish, with the inner and outer margins and the apex 

 punctured with brown; membrane whitish, somewhat opaque. 

 Margins of the abdomen banded with testaceous and brown, the 

 apex of each segment being brown. Body beneath yellowish. 

 Abdomen with two indistinct longitudinal bands of brown punc- 

 tures on each side. Breast punctured with brown ; the under 

 side of the lateral spines pale brown. Legs testaceous ; thighs 

 covered with fine brown points; apices of the tarsi brownish. 

 Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae testaceous or 

 orange, becoming brown towards the apex ; apical joint some- 

 times black. 



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



b. New South Wales. 



Genus 34. STAURALIA, n. g. 



Head small, triangular, pointed in front, with the central lobe 

 longer than the lateral. Antennae rather more than half the 

 length of the body, slightly thickened towards the apex, of five 

 joints ; basal joint passing the apex of the head ; second joint 

 longest ; third about equal to the first ; fourth and fifth nearly 

 equal ; fourth perhaps a little longer, longer than the third. 

 Rostrum slender, reaching the base of the ventral spine ; basal 

 joint reaching to the base of the head, second joint longest, third 

 a little longer than the fourth. Body elongate ovate; thorax 

 unarmed. Scutellum triangular, nearly equilateral, with the 

 apex finely pointed. Membrane of the elytra with a few longi- 

 tudinal nervures. Sternum destitute of a central keel. Ventral 

 spine very long and stout, reaching the anterior coxae. Belly 

 keeled. Tarsi two-jointed. 



