870 CATALOGUE OF 



81. Rhaphigaster pentatomoides. 



TesUiceus, ellipltcus, nigra punctalus, nonnunquam riifo varius ; caput 

 loiighinculiim, supra vigruni villis duabus laleribusque testaceis ; 

 unlennoi nigrcc, arliculis bad lestaceh ; thorax transverse iiitpressus ; 

 sculellum disco antico vitlaque postica niyris ; pectoris discus census; 

 abdomen guttis sex maculaque posleriore nigris venlralibus, spina 

 coxns posticus atlingcnte ; pedes graciles, femoribus supra tibiis apice 

 tarsisfjue higris ; alee anlicce macula postmedia nigra, tnemhrana 

 nigricanle. 



Testaceous, elliptical, lilack-punctured, sometimes tinged with red. 

 Head elongate ; upper sitie black, with a testaceous stripe aud testaceous 

 sides; l(d)es of equal length. Rostrum extending to the hind co.nje ; ti|) 

 black. Antenna; black, less than lialf the length of the body ; joints tes- 

 taceous at the base ; (irst testaceous, uol extending to the front of the 

 bead ; third a little more than half the length of the second ; fourth much 

 longer than the third ; fifth shoiter than the fmirth. Thorax in front with 

 a slight transverse impression, which is irregularly hordeied with black; 

 sides smooth, very slightly reflexed ; hind angles rounded, hardly promi- 

 nent. Scutellum with a testaceous callus on each side at the base; di-k of 

 the fore part black, emitting a black stripe nearly to the lip, whicli is 

 smooth. Pectus between the co.vae aeneous. Abdomen above met.illic- 

 green ; coune.xivum with testaceous dots; under side with three black dots 

 on each side and with a posterior heart-shaped black spot; ventral spine 

 ■extending to the hind coxte. Legs slender; femora above, tarsi and tips 

 <)f tibite ijlack. Fore wings with a black spot in the disk beyond tlie 

 middle ; membrane blackish. Hiud wings cinereous ; veins blackish. 

 Length of the body 5 — b\ lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Daniel's collection. 



b. Mortton B;iy. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



c. Tasmania. Presented by \V. \V. Sauntleis, Esq. 



d. New Zealand, Presented by Col. Bolton. 



82. Rhaphigaster viridipes. 



Testactus, ellipticus, rude punctatus ; caput lonc/iusculum ; antenna nigra 

 fasciatcc ; scutellum ferruyineum, apice Jlavum glabrum ; abdomen 

 supra nigrum, Jlavo marginatum, spina vcnlrali obtusa brevissima ; 

 pedes pallide virides ; alee anticic fetrvginca:, cosla basi pallide Jlava, 

 membrana fuscescente-cinerea. 



Testaceous, elliptical, roughly punctured ; punctures black above, red 

 beneath. Head scmiewhat elongate; lobes of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxa^. Autennfe less than half the length of the 

 body ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; third black 

 towards the tip, very much shorter than the second ; fourth black, except 

 at the base, as long as the second ; fifth black, testaceous towards the base 

 and at the tip, longer than the fourth. Thorax with a transverse irregular 

 callus near tiie fore border; sides hardly reflexed; hind angles much 

 rounded, nut piomiuent. Scutellum ferruginous, yellow and smooth 



