57v> CATALOGUE OF 



ventral spine extending to the hind coxae. Legs rather short and stout. 

 Fine wings pale grass-green, not covering the sides of the abdomen ; mem- 

 brane pellucid. Length of the body 3£ lines. 



Australia. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



CUSPICONA BTRENUEXLA. 



Testacea, lata, ovalis, dense et subtiliter punctata ; caput sat magnum, 

 antice rotunda! um ; rostrum nigrum, cox as posticus supcrans ; antenna 

 rufic, basi testacea; ; thorax cornubus robuslis lanceolalis defiexis sub- 

 acutis perparum ascendentibus sat longis apices versus ferrugineis ; 

 scute/lum villa testacea punclis nigris marginata apice dilatala ; 

 membranu diaphuna. 



Testaceous, broad, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, paler beneath. 

 Head rather large, rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, 

 not prominent. Rostrum mostly black, extending rather beyond the hind 

 coxae. Antennae red. almost half the length of the body ; first joint tes- 

 taceous, not extending to the front of the head; second longer than the 

 third ; fourth a liitle longer than the second and than the fifth. Thorax 

 with a transverse callus on each side in front; horns stout, lanceolate, 

 ferruginous towards the tips, slightly acute, directly diverging, very 

 slightly ascending, as long as half the intermediate space. Scutellum 

 rounded at the lip, more than half the length of the abdomen, with a 

 paler stripe which extends from the disk and is bordered by a few black 

 speckles and occupies the whole of the apical part. Pectoral keel 

 very deep, extending to the head. Ventral spine not extending beyond 

 the hind coxae, received into the noich of the keel. Legs moderately 

 short and stout. Fore wings with a pellucid membrane. Length of the 

 body 4 lines. 



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Genus ARVELIUS. 



Div. N. 



Corpus ellipticum, subtiliter et confertissime punctatum. Caput pro- 

 duction ; lobi laterales lanceolali, lobum intermedium longe Buperantes. 

 Oculi extantes. Rostrum coxas posticus attingens. Antennae coiporis 

 dimidio paullo longiores. Thoracis cornua acuta, ohliqua. Scutellum 

 apice subrotundatum, carina indeterminate antice furcata. 



Body elliptical, minutely and very thickly punctured. Head elongate ; 

 lateral lobes lanceolate, acute, extending much beyond the middle lobe. 

 Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antenna' slender, 

 B little more than half the length of the body; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head ; second a little shorter than ibe third; fourth much 

 longei than the third; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax with a 

 transverse callus on each Side in front; sides serrated ; hind angles forming 

 two acute limns, which extend obliquely forward and arc shorter than half 

 the intermediate breadth. Scutellum a little more than half the length of 

 the abdoincn, with an indistinct keel, which is forked in front, slightly 

 rounded at the lip. Legs slender, moderately long; tarsi three-jointed. 



