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the first, dilated for more than half the length from the tip, red towards the 

 hase; third a little shorter than the first; fourth shorter than the third. 

 Pro thorax red, with a large transverse black spot on the fore border. 

 Scutellum red. Legs red ; knees and tarsi black. Covium red at the base. 

 Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Australia. 



28. Lopus Australis. 



Mas et foern. Pallide flavus, fusiformis, sublilissime punctatus ; caput 

 breve, subsulcatum ; oculi prominuli ; rostrum coxas posticas 

 attingens; antennce rufce, corpore paullo longiores, articulo 2o nigro 

 dilatato basi rafo, 3o basi flavo ; prolhorax rufo bivitialus ; pedes 

 longiusculi ; alee anticce rufo venosa, costa nigra, membrana cinerea. 



Male and female. Pale yellow, fusiform, very finely punctured. Head 

 smooth, shining, triangular, with a slight longitudinal furrow between the 

 eyes. Eyes black, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; tip 

 piceous. Antennae slender, a little longer than the body; first joint red, 

 stout, a little longer than the head; second about thrice the length of the 

 first, red at the base, black and dilated towards the tip; third red, slightly 

 curved, more than half the length of the second, yellow at the base; fourth 

 red, a little more than half the length of the third. Prothorax with a 

 narrow red stripe along each side, which is slightly reflexed. Legs slender, 

 rather long. Corium with red veius and with a black costal stripe, which 

 does not extend to the tip. Membrane and hind wings cinereous. Male.— 

 Disk of the abdomen above black. Length of the body 3^ — 4i lines. 



a — c. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



d. New South Wales. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



e. New South Wales. From Dr. Stephenson's collection. 



29. Lopus SORDIDUS. 



Fcem. Ferrugineus, snbtilissime punctatus ; oculi prominuli ; rostrum 

 coxas posticas attingens; antenna corpore paullo breviores, articulo 

 2o apicem versus nigro dilatato, 3o basi albido ; membrana cinerea. 



Female. Ferruginous, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head trian- 

 gular. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa? ; 

 tip black. Antennae slender, a little shorter than the body; first joint 

 stout, a little shorter than the head; second about twice the length of the 

 first, black and dilated towards the tip ; third longer than the first, whitish 

 at the base; fourth as long as the first ventral segments, retracted towards 

 the base of the abdomen. Legs moderately long; femora rather stout 

 Membrane and hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



