Mr. ^V. L. Distant on Retluviidge. 357 



and extreme bases of tibiae sanguineous ; head in front of eyes 

 excavately striate, behind eyes finely granulate ; anterior lobs 

 of pronotum moderately excavate, posterior lobe finely granu- 

 late; corium and membrane opaque. 



Long. 7i-8 miliim. 



Ilab. North-west Australia : Adelaide River (/. /. Walker, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Tiarodes picturatus, sp. n. 



Head, anterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, 

 rostrum, antennae, and legs castaneous ; posterior lobe of pro- 

 notum, a large marginal spot to corium at apical angle, first 

 three segments of connexivum above and beneath, lateral 

 posterior angles of prosternum, and the tarsi luteous ; head 

 slightly longer than pronotum ; anterior pronotal lobe cen- 

 trally sulcate, posterior lobe (excluding margins) finely 

 punctate, lateral angles rounded, their margins callous ; 

 femora finely serrate beneath ; tibiae finely pilose. 



Long. 10 miliim. 



Hah. Batchian {Wallace, Brit. Mus.). 



Habfactobin^. 

 Velinus pallidas , sp. n. 



Very pale stramineous ; head above from behind antennae 

 (excluding extreme base), apices of femora, bases of tibise, 

 and two spots on connexivum at fourth and fifth segments 

 black; antennae black ; biannulations and apex of first joint 

 luteous ; membrane very pale shining ochraceous and passing 

 abdominal apex ; body finely and obscurely pilose, legs more 

 prominently pilose; first joint of antennae about as long as 

 head, pronotum, and scutellum together ; anterior pronotal 

 lobe subglobose, profoundly centrally sulcate, posterior lobe 

 with the anterior disk finely and obscurely sulcate ; apices of 

 femora nodulose, the apices of posterior femora more promi- 

 nently so. 



Long. 18 miliim. ; exp, pronot. angl. 4 miliim. 



Bab. N.W. Borneo [R. Everett, Brit. Mus.). 



Veliniis princeps, sp. n. 



Luteous ; head, rostrum, base of first joint and base and apex 

 of second joint of antennae, a wide transverse basal fascia to 

 pronotum centrally produced to transverse constriction, 

 scutellum, apex of clavus, corium (excluding base), membrane, 

 abdomen above and beneath, posterior angles of prosternum, 



