534 Mr. W. L. Distant on Lygfuidte. 



centrally sulcate ; posterior tarsi witli the basal joint only 

 very slightly longer than the second and third joints. 



Long. 8^ millini. 



Hub. Australia, Queensland (Brit. Mus.) ; Gayndah (Coll. 

 Disr.). 



In form and colour niucli resembling A^tacops Wulkerij 

 Dist. 



Scopiastes militarise sp. n. 



Dark fuscous ; about anterior third of pronotum, scutellum, 

 outer median area of corium, head beneath, coxaj and tro- 

 chanters, and posterior areas of nioso- and metasternuni dark 

 sanguineous; abdomen beneath ocluaceous ; apical margins 

 of membrane pale hyaline. 



Posterior area of pronotum coarsely punctate ; head cen- 

 trally sulcate ; posterior tarsi with the basal joint about equal 

 in length to the second and third joints. 



Long. 7^ millim. 



Hub. Australia, Queensland (Brit. Mus.). 



In form and structure allied to tlie preceding species, 

 S. bicoloVf Dist. 



Genus Oncopeltus. 



Oncopeltus quadriguttatus. 



Cimex A-guttatus, F<abr. S^'st. Eut. p. 720. n. 116 (1775). 

 Lyyaus sordulus, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 6uG. u. 8 (1852). 

 Ly<jaius contiyuus, Walk. Cat. Het. v. p. 62. n. 130 (1872). 

 Fyrrhubaphus contiyuus, Leth. & Sev. Cat. Gdn. Hem. t. ii. p. 150 

 (18'J4). 



Oncopeltus jacundus. 



LyycEus jucundus, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 537 (1852). 

 Transvaaliu luyens, Dist. Nat. iu Transvaal, Append, p. 253, pi. iii. 

 fig. 12 (1892). 



Oncopeltus dispar. 

 Lyya-us dispar, Walk. Cat. Het. v. p. 60. n. 125 (1872). 



'i'his very variable species may prove to be but forms of 

 Lygceus [Oncopeltus?) amboinensis, Mayr., while (>. ruhricatus, 

 Stal, may possibly prove to be another variety. 



Oncopeltus maoricus. 

 LtjycBus maorictts, Walk. Cat. Het. v. p. 04. n. 143 (1872). 



Oncopeltus castanelpes. 



Lyya-us castaneipes, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 536. u. 10 (1852). 

 Lyyaus innotatus, Dall. loc. cit. p. 537. u. 12. 



