532 Mr. W. L. Distant on Lyga^iJDe. 



Astacops Fieberi. 



Ast<tcops Fieberi, StSl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1805, p. J 87. 

 Serinetha i7nmu7iis, ^Valk. Cat. Ilet. iv. p. 148. n. 14 (1871). 



Astacops (i)iticus. 



Seriiietha antica, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 147. n. 10 (1871). 



Astacops turbatus. 



Serinefha turbuta, Walk. Cat. Plet. iv. p. 148. n. 13 (1871). 



Astacops Walkeri, n. nom. 

 Astacops anticus, Walk. Cat. Ilet. v. p. 35. n. 9 (1872), uom. proeocc. 



Astacops thoracicus, sp. n. 



Ocliraceous; pronotum, scutellum, apical angle of corium, 

 sternum, and abdomen beneath black ; apex of scutellum, 

 central area of prosternum, and the abdominal segmental 

 margins ocliraceous ; rostrum ocliraceous, its apex broadly 

 black. 



Long. S^ millim. 



Hah. New Guinea, Dory (Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to A. villicus, Stal, differing by the unicolorous 

 pronotum &c. 



Astacops abdominalisj sp. n. 



Sanguineous ; abdomen above and beneath black ; sternum 

 ochraceous; membrane piceous, its apical area pale bronzy. 

 Antenna? sanguineous, the fourth joint ocliraceous and about 

 equal in length to second joint ; rostrum with the basal joint 

 sanguineou.s, remaining joints piceous; the margins of the 

 meso- and metasternum more or less levigate; legs san- 

 guineous. 



Long. 11 millim. 



IJah. Louisiade Archipelago; St. Aignan (Basil Thomson, 

 Brit. iMus.). 



A distinctly marked species belonging to the group repre- 

 sented by A. Fieberi, Stal. 



Astacops malayanus, sp. n. 



Stramineous ; abdomen above and beneath black ; pro- 

 sternum stramineous; meso- and metasternum ocliraceous, 

 witii their margins stramineous; antennfe, legs, and posterior 

 margin of corium reddish ochraceous; membrane fuscous; 

 rostrum, posterior lateral margin of corium, and base of 



