HEMJPTERA HETEROPTERA. Ill 



second ; fourth a little shorter than the third. Prothorax very finely 

 punctured, much narrower in front, with a strongly-marked transverse 

 middle furrow. Legs yellow, slender, rather long ; fore femora black, very 

 slightly incrassated ; four posterior femora black towards the tips. Wings 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with a pale 

 yellow costal streak extending from the base and with three pale yellow 

 dots; first dot in the disk near the base; second and third subapical ; 

 second costal ; a few pale yellow points ; membrane blackish cinereous, the 

 veins pale towards the base, near which there are two transverse veinlets. 

 Leugth of the body 4 lines. 



Somewhat like R. pictipennis in structure. 



a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



194. Rhvparochromcs macui.icollis. 



Fcem. Niger, gracilis, fere fusiformis ; rostrum coxas intermedias 

 attingens ; antenna; corporis dimidio aquilonga ; pro thorax albo 

 quadrigultalus, sulci transversa valde determinato, lateribus sub- 

 rejiexis; femora quatuor posteriora basi tutea ; femora antica 

 incrassala ; corium striga clavata testacea basali biramosa, macula 

 subapicali transversa alba. 



Female. Black, slender, shining, nearly fusiform, very finely punc- 

 tured. Head triangular, widely equilateral. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the middle coxa?. Antennae sleuder, about half the length 

 of the body ; first joint much shorter than the head ; second a little longer 

 than the head, about equal in length to the third and to the fourth. Pro- 

 thorax elongate, with slightly reflexed sides and with a strongly-marked 

 transverse furrow which is a little behind the middle ; two while dois on 

 each side, one near the transverse furrow, the other near the hind angle. 

 Legs slender, moderately long; four hinder femora luteous at the base; 

 fore femora incrassated. Wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Corium of the fore wings with a clavate testaceous streak, which extends 

 from the base and emits two oblique branches to the disk; a transverse 

 triangular subapical white spot. Length of the body 3! lines. 



Of the group Beosus. 



a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



195. RlIYPAROCIIItOMUS COLLARIS. 



Mas. Niger, nilens, subpilosus, fere cylindricus ; rostrum coxas inter- 

 medias fere attingens ; antenna sat valida, corporis dimidio paul/o 

 longiores, articulo 2o lutco apice nigro, '■)'> toque ban luleis; 

 abdominis dorsum lutco late univiltalumj pedes lutei, femoribus 

 nigris quatuor posterioribus basi luteo fasciatis, tibiis apice nigris 

 anticis subtus unidentatis ; ales abdominis apicem non attingentes. 

 Var. &. — Alic antica fi rruginea. 



Male. Black, shining, finely punctured, slightly pilose, nearly 

 cylindrical. Head elongate-triangular. Eyea rather prominent. Rostrum 

 extending nearly to the middle coxa.'. Antenna rather stout, a little more 



