Ir. W. L. Distant on Lygeide. 533 
membrane black; abdominal segmental margins narrowly 
and obscurely ochraceously pilose. 
Long. 11-12 millim. 
Hate “Malay Archipelago; Ké Island ( Wallace, Brit. Mus.). 
Allied to A. abdominalis, Dist. 
Genus SCOPIASTES. 
Scopiastes nigripes, sp. n. 
Sanguineous ; antenne, apex of eyes, more than basal half 
of pronotum, scutellum, posterior margin of corium, meso- 
and metasternum, 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 i inner margins piceous. 
Posterior area oF pronotum very coarsely punctate ; apical 
joint of antennze longest and stoutest. 
Long. 6 millim. 
Hab. Australia; Queensland, Gayndah (Coll. Dist.). 
Allied to S. Degeert, Stal, but differing by the colour of 
the legs, unspotted corium, &e. 
Scopiastes affinis, sp. n. 
Sanguineous; antennee, 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 
fuscous. 
Posterior area of pronotum very coarsely punctate ; apical 
joint of antennee longest and stoutest. 
Long. 5 millim. 
Hab. West Australia, Roebuck Bay (J. J. Walker, Brit. 
Mus.). 
Allied to S. ntgripes, Dist., but separable 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 coxee, 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 metasternum fuscous. 
Posterior area of pronotum very coarscly punctate; head 
