42 CATALOGUE OF 



9. Amorbus rubicundus. 

 rubicundus, Slal, Eug. Resa, Hem. 232. Mayr, Hem. 87. 

 Sydney. 



10. AMORBUS ROBUSTUS. 



robustus, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xv. 432; Hem. 85. 



Sydney. 



11. Amorbus planus. 



Foem. Fulvus, tomentosus, ellipticus ; antenna corporis dimidio 

 longiores ; prothorax sublilissime scaber, longiludinaliter subsulcalus, 

 lateribus subcrenulatis subretusis, angiitis posticis obtusis; scutellum 

 basi nigro fasciatum ; abdomen rufum, nigro interrupts sexfasciatum ; 

 femora postica subincrassata, sublus biseriatim serrata ; tibia postica 

 sublus apud medium subdilalata subanguhita apices versus serratce ; 

 membrana fusca. Mas. — Anguslior ; abdominis discus niger, rufo 

 transverse quadristrigatus ; tibia posticce sublus angulata et sub- 

 ditatatce. 



Female. Tawny, tomentose, elliptical. Rostrum short, its tip in a 

 groove near the fore coxa?. Antenna? rather more than half the length of 

 the body; joints from the first to the fourth successively decreasing in 

 length. Prothorax very minutely scabrous, with an indistinct longitudinal 

 furrow and a slight transverse ridge near the hind border; sides straight, 

 slightly crenulated and retuse ; hind angles obtuse, nut prominent. 

 Scutellum with a black basal band. Dorsum of the abdomen red, with six 

 black bands, which, with the exception of the fifth, are interrupted on each 

 side. Femora beneath with a subapical spine. Hind femora slightly 

 incrassated, minutely serrated on each side beneath. Hind tibiae slightly 

 dilated aud angular beneath at somewhat less than half the length from 

 the base, minutely serrated from thence to the tips. Fore wings with a 

 brown membrane. Hind wings lurid-cinereous. Length of the body 

 10^- lines. 



Male. Narrower than the female. Dorsum of the abdomen with a black 

 disk, which has four transverse red streaks; sides with black spots. Hind 

 femora rather more incrassated than those of the female. Hind tibia? 

 slightly dilated beneath along the whole length, the angle more prominent 

 than that of the female. Length of the body 8J lines. 



a, b. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



Genus 15. GELONUS, 

 Gelonus, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 3. 



1. Gelonus discolor. 

 Amorbus discolor, C. H. 411 — Gelonus discolor, Slal. 

 a. Tasmania. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. 



