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Genus. — Phygadicus, Fieb. 



Pbygadicus australis, sp. nov. 



(PL xii., fig. 2.) 



Head triangular, black, punctured, and covered with numerous 

 short, pale hairs. Eyes reddish-brown. Ocelli red. Antennge 

 with the third and fourth joints equal, each slightly shorter than 

 the second, yellowish- brown. Pronotum black, straight in front, 

 constricted slightly at the sides, and with hinder margin sinuate 

 and yellow ; its surface with numerous punctures and short pale 

 hairs. Scutellum black, punctured and hairy, with yellow apex. 

 Thorax beneath black, punctured and hairy, with a clear yellow 

 mark on either side, between the middle and hind legs ; acetabulse 

 pale-yellow. Corium and clavus hyaline with longitudinal rows 

 of black punctures ; clavus with yellow inner margin ; corium 

 with costal and central black spots, and large brown triangular 

 patch, with black transverse band and apex, at junction with 

 membrane. Membrane clouded across middle. Legs with femora 

 thickened, cream-coloured, each with a broad chestnut-brown 

 band, tibiae and tarsi cream-colour with dark-brown annuli. 

 Abdomen deep brown beneath, alternately black and creamy at 

 margins. Length 6 mm. ; breadth 2 mm-» 



Two examples of this species were taken on Murray Island. 

 It is, I believe, the first Phygadicus recorded from the Australian 

 region. It resembles Ph. iirticce in general aspect, but the hairs on 

 the head and thorax are less coarse; the distinct brown and black 

 markings on the corium also distinguish it. The second and third 

 cells on the margin of the membrane are not so clearly defined as 

 in Ph. urficce. 



Family.— PYEEHOCOEID^. 



Genus. — Dysdercus, Am. and Serv. 



Dysdercus papnensis (Dist.). 



One specimen was obtained on Murray Island agreeing with 

 Mr. W. L. Distant's description of this species (Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 Lond., 1888, p. 484). He records a specimen from this very 



