408 CATALOGUE OF 



1. UCIA MUTILATA. 



Testacpa, fiisco punctata; antenn(e pallicle lestacea; thorax plaga fusca 

 luteo binolata ; sculellum fuscutn, giillis ditabus basalibus lituraque 

 apicati ci/athiformi flavis ; ppclus vitlis duabus fuscis latis jlavo 

 notalis ; venter fusco quadriplagiatus ; pedes fusco fasciati ; mein- 

 brana cinerea, striga subcostali vniisqne fuscis. 



Testaceous; piiucluies brown. Antenna? pale testaceous. Thorax with 

 two luteous calli in the disk, the smaller one in front of the larger one, 

 both included in a brown patch ; horns with black ridges. Scutellum 

 brown ; a yellow dot on each side at the base, and a cyathiform yellow 

 apical mark. Pectus on each side with a broad brown stripe which 

 includes three yellow calli. Abdomen beneath with two brown patches on 

 each side. Femora with an irregular brown band, which is sometimes 

 obsolete in the fore femora ; tibiae and tarsi with two brown bands, which 

 are sometimes indistinct. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, with a 

 brown subcostal streak and with brown veins. Length of the body 

 2j lines. 



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



Genus 79. AKADUCTA. 



Corpus fusiforme, fere glabrum. Caput breve, latum, transverse 

 striatum, lobis requalibus. Rostrum coxas madias altingens. Antennae 

 graciles, corporis dimidio non longiores ; arliculus lus fronlem attiiigens. 

 Thorax angulis posticis rotundatis. Scutellum attenuatum. Pectoris 

 carina coxas anticus attingens. Abdomen elongatum ; spina ventralis 

 coxas medias atlingens. Pedes graciles ; tarsi triarticulati. 



Body fusiform, very slightly punctured. Head short, broad, trans- 

 versely striated, rounded iu front; lobes of equal length; middle lobe very 

 narrow. Rostrum slender, extending to the middle coxae. Antennre slender, 

 about half the length of the body ; first joint extending to the front of the 

 head ; third longer than the second, shorter than the fourth ; fifth a little 

 shorter than the fourth. Thorax slightly impressed on each side in front ; 

 hind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum attenuated towards the 

 lip. Pectoral keel distinct, extending to the fore coxae. Abdomen more 

 than twice the length of ihe thorax ; ventral spine extending to the middle 

 coxae. Legs slender; tarsi ihree-jointed. Aiembrane of the fore wings 

 with nine longitudinal veins. 



The structure of this genus sufficiently distinguishes it from Cuspi- 

 cona. 



1. Araducta glaceata. 



Nigra, nitens ; caput anlice testacco marginatum; thorax teslaceo sub- 

 marginalus ; carina pecloralis et spina ventralis testacem ; alct anticce 

 striga lata testacea, membrana cinerea ; pedes teslacei. 



Black, shining, very thinly punctured. Head testaceous-bordered in 

 front. Rostrum testaceous ; tip blackish. Thorax with a slender testaceous 



