116 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



with tliat of the latter, Mr. Michael writes me : " Riley was not an 

 acarologist, and his descriptions and dntwing.s of Acari caunot ever 

 be relied on for small differences bet.ween closely allied species. Your 

 specimens naturally had not any adnlt Hi/iitoclmcB on it, but so far as 

 I could judge from ililey's drawings and very imperfect descriptions of 

 the larva, it seems to agree well in all its stages with your specimens. 

 The water-mites, when parasitic, do not usually confine themselves to 

 a single host, but are often found on several species ; and the geo- 

 graphical distribution of Acari is usually very wide, often astonishingly 

 so. Riley says that his species is particularly common on Zaitha fin- 

 minea (Say)"' = Perthostoma mirantiaca, Leidy " (m litt. 29 Jan. 1901). 



G. W. K. 



MISCELLANEA RHYNCHOTALIA. 

 By G. W. KiRKAi^DY, F.E.S. 



Fam. Mirida. 



AusTROCAPSus, gen. nov. 



Belonging to Capsaria, Reut., and allied to Hyalopeplus, Stal. 



Head subtriaugular, wider with eyes than the anterior margin of 

 pronotum ; tylus broad, declivous ; interior margin of eyes sub- 

 sinuately convex ; first segment of antenns stout, its length equalling 

 that of the median line of the head from base of the head to base of 

 tylus. Pronotum distinctly collared, the collar anteriorly straight, 

 posteriorly somewhat deeply (comparatively) convex. Pronotum raised 

 posteriorly, anteriorly callous on each side behind the collar, very 

 rugose transversely, widely somewhat sinuately rounded posteriorly, 

 lateral margins subsinuate. Scutellum transversely impressed near 

 the base. Interior cell of membrane very large. 



The other characters are those of the division as signalized 

 by Reuter in the fifth volume of the ' Hemiptera Gymnocerata 

 Euiop£e.' 



Type A. martigena, sp. nov, 



Head yellowish ; two thin median longitudinal lines from which 

 branch off obliquely six or seven lines on each side, first segment of 

 antennfe blood-red ; eyes dark blood-red. Pronotum and scutellum 

 yellowish, very closely rugose and marked with blood-red. Elytra 

 (including menibranal nervures), abdomen above, and beneath, blood- 

 red. Wings and membrane infuscate. Head beneath, sterna and 

 femora yellowish with bright blood-red subparallel sinuate lines. 



Though the ground colour is really yellowish, it is so closely 

 marked with blood-red that the general effect is that of the latter 

 colpur. The pubescence is scanty, and is pale golden yellow. Length 

 Gi mill. 



West Australia, Perth (my collection). 



•' Now known as Belostorna fluminea. Say. 



