180 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



angle, as long as the first ; third very indistinctly waved, slanting, 

 forming an acute angle ; fourth very indistinctly waved, slanting, 

 forming an acute angle, a little longer than the third ; fifth slightly 

 curved, nearly upright, forming a right angle. 



Male. — Body black, rather narrow : head nearly as broad as 

 the fore-chest, adorned with three red spots along the hind border 

 and in front with a red band which sends forth a red stripe to the 

 middle eyelet, and has three red stripes in front, of these the middle 

 one is short and adorns the face, the side pair are long, and extend 

 by each side of the face to the mouth ; face convex, not prominent : 

 mouth pitchy, extending to the middle-hips : eyes prominent : 

 feelers black: fore-chest a little narrower in front than behind : scut- 

 cheon bordered with red, its furrows dark red, with which the inter- 

 vening spaces are also partly adorned ; hind-scutcheon narrow in the 

 middle, convex and much widened at the base of each fore-wing, 

 much excavated on each side : scutcheon of the middle-chest red on 

 each side and behind, adorned with two slender red stripes which 

 join the cross-ridge, the latter is also mostly red ; hind border slightly 

 excavated : abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest, 

 adorned with a red band which is much narrower above than be- 

 neath where it has a row of black dots on each side, and a more 

 slight row in the middle ; tip red : drums small, pitchy or black, 

 parted by a broad interval : legs red ; hips and thighs black with 

 red tips { foie-hi])S and fore-tbighs streaked with red ; fore-shanks, 

 fore-feet and middle-feet black ; fore-thighs armed with two long 

 black teeth which have each a red bandnear the tip ; middle-shanks 

 black, red for one-third of the length from the base ; a black spot 

 at the base of each hind-shank : wings colourless ; veins black, fer- 

 ruginous towards the base, whitish beneath the fore border which is 

 black as far as the brand, and brown from thence towards tbe tip ; 

 brands whitish. 



Female. — Abdomen red beneath with a row of black spots on 

 each side ; last segment black, with a large red spot on each side : 

 oviduct ferruginous. 



Length of tiie body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 

 b — d. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



