398 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale greenish testaceous, elliptical, thickly punctured. Head elongate ; 

 micltlle lobe extending very liltle beyond the lateral lobes, llostrum ex- 

 tending to the hind coxa;; tip black. Antenna; red, nearly half the length 

 of the body; first joint extending beyond the front of the head; second as 

 long as the third; fourth much longer than the ihird; fifth nearly as long 

 as the fourth. Thorax with a smooth abbreviated curved band in front, 

 and with a purplish red bimd on tlie hind border; hind angles purplish 

 red, obtuse, hardly prominent. Pectoral keel rather deep. Abdomen 

 ochraceous beneath except towards the tip; spine extending to the hind 

 coxfe. Legs rather short. Fore wings with a purplish red costa and with 

 a purplish red stripe along the hind border; membrane pellucid. Length 

 of the body 4^^ lines. 



Like A. punctata in structure. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



27. ACANTHOSOMA CHLOROPHILA. 



Pallide viridis ; antenncB fulvcB, corporis dimidio longiores ; thorax trans- 

 verse subimprcssiis, spatio anlcriore gtabro, fascia poslica ochracea 

 abbreviata, angulis poslicis rotundatis ; scutellum apice ochraceum ; 

 pectoris carina bene delerniinuta; nieinbrana fuscescente-cinerea, apud 

 unguium posticum nigro Jiolata. 



Pale green, nearly elliptical, rather thinly and roughly punctured. 

 Head rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the 

 hind coxae; tip black. Antenna tawny, a little moie than half the length 

 of the body; first joint not extending to the front of the head; second much 

 longer than the third ; fourth longer than the second ; fifth longer than the 

 fourth. Thorax with a very slight transverse impression, in front of which 

 there is a smooth space; an abbreviated ochraceous band near the hind 

 bm'der; bind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum ochraceous at the 

 tip. Pectus with a much developed keel. Tar^i tawny. Membrane of 

 the fore wings brownish cinereous, with a black mark adjoining the hind 

 angle of the corium. Hind wings colourless. Length of the body 

 3 lines. 



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



New Zealand. 



28. ACANTIIOSOMA YITTATA, C. El. 307. 



a. New Zealand. From JMr. Earl's collection. 



b. New Zealand. 



29. AcANTIIOSOMA LUTEA. 



lutea, Le Guill, Rev. Zool. 1841, 202. 

 Sandwich Isles. 



Country unknown. 



30. ACANTHOSOMA paoxiMA, C. II. 303. 

 a. — ? Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 



