Mr. W. \j. Distant on Lygseidse. 533 



membrane black ; abdominal segmental margins narrowly 

 and obscurely ocliiaccously pilose. 



Long. 11-12 niillini. 



JIah. Malay Arclii|iclago; Ke Island ( Wallace, Brit. Mas.). 



Allied to A. abJomiiuilis, Dist. 



Genus SCOPIASTES. 

 Scopiastes nigripes^ sp. n. 



Sanguineous ; antennai, apex of eyes, more than basal half 

 of pronotum, scutelluni, posterior margin of corium, meso- 

 and metasternuin, posterior margin of prosternum, apical 

 segment and a longitudinal fascia on each side of abdomen 

 beneath black ; apex of head, rostrum, and legs dark fuscous; 

 membrane fuscous, with the inner margins piceous. 



Posterior area of pronotuni very coarsely punctate ; apical 

 joint of anteniia3 longest and stoutest. 



Long. 6 niillim. 



Uab. Australia; Queensland, Gayndah (Coll. Dist.). 



Allied to S. Degeeri, Stal, but differing by the colour of 

 the legs, unsj)otted corium, &.c. 



Scopiastes affinis^ sp. n. 



Sanguineous ; antenna?, apex of eyes, rather less than basal 

 third of pronotum, scutellum, membrane, meso- and meta- 

 sternum, and apex of abdomen black ; rostrum and legs dark 

 fuscou:^. 



Posterior area of pronotum very coarsely punctate ; apical 

 joint of antennaj longest and stoutest. 



Long. 5 millim. 



Hah. West Australia, Roebuck Bay {J. J. Walker, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Allied to S. nigripes, Dist., but sej)arable by the different 

 markings to the pronotum and abdomen beneath, smaller 

 size, &c. 



Scopiastes bicolor, sp. n. 



Black ; eyes (excluding apex), a little less than anterior 

 half of pronotum, connexivum, and body beneath ochraceous; 

 a spot near intermediate coxje, a spot on each side of the 

 second and third basal segments, and the whole discal area 

 of the fourth, fifth, and sixth abdominal segments black, the 

 last with their transverse margins ochraceous; central area of 

 meso- and metasternuni fuscous. 



Posterior area of [)runoturn \evy coarsely punetate; head 



