64 CATALOGUE OF 



141. Lyg^us mutilatus. 

 mutilatiis, Erichs. Wieg. Arch. viii. 279. 

 Tasmania. 



Oceania. 



142. LYG.EUS RUFICOLL1S. 



Mas. Niger, fere linearis, sub tus rufus; rostrum coxas posticas paullo 

 super ans ; antenna corpore multp breviores ; prolhorax antice. rnfo 

 fasciatus ; mcmbrana nigro-cinerea. 



Male. Black, nearly linear, red beneath, with cinereous tomentum. 

 Head short, triangular. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum extending a 

 little beyond the hind coxa?. Antennas much shorter than the body; first 

 joint less than half the length of the head ; second more than thrice the 

 length of the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Prolhorax with a red band occupying the space 

 between the well-defined transverse furrow and the fore border. Legs 

 slender, moderately long. Membrane of the fore wings blackish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. New Zealand. Prosented by Col. Bolton. 



143. Lyg;kcs Maoricus. 



Fcem. Niger, longi-ellipticus ; rostrum coxas posticas atlingens ; antenna 

 corpore mid to breviores ; prolhorax rufo biguttalus, sulco transverso 

 indeterminato ; scutellum carinatum, apicc rufcscens ; corium macula 

 subapicali rufa ; viembrana albo triguttala. 



Female. Black, elongate-elliptical. Head triangular. Eyes not 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antenna? much 

 shorter than the body; third joint much shorter than the second. Pro- 

 thorax with a very slight transverse furrow and with a red dot in the disk 

 near each side. Scutellum keeled ; tip reddish. Legs moderately long 

 and stout. Wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. Corium 

 of the fore wings with a red subapical spot; membrane with a white dot at 

 the base of the interior border, with a smaller dot near the base of the costa, 

 and with a larger white dot in the disk. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Isle of Pines. Presented by the Admiralty. 



Country unknown. 

 144. Lygjeus vebtioalis, C. II. 548. 

 a. ? 



116. LYGiEUS INCERTUS. 



Mas. Unfits, capitis maculit duabut posticis rostra antennis scute/lo 

 abdominis apicq pedibus metnbranague nigris; rostrum segmenlum 



]nm vcntralc atlingens ; ptotltorax postice nigra fasciatus ; pectoris 

 stigmata nigra. 



