HEMJPTERA HETEROPTEKA. 
Ill 
second ; fourth a little shorter than the third. Prothorax very finely 
punctured, much narrower in front, with a strongly-marked transverse 
middle furrow. Legs yellow, slender, rather long; fore femora black, very 
slightly incrassated ; four posterior femora black towards the tips. Wings 
extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with a pale 
yellow costal streak extending from the base and with three pale yellow 
dots; first dot in the disk near the base; second and third subapical ; 
second costal ; a few pale yellow points ; membrane blackish cinereous, the 
veins pale towards the base, near which there are two transverse veinlets. 
Length of the body 4 lines. 
Somewhat like R. pictipennis in structure. 
a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
194. Rhyparochromus macui.icollis. 
Foem. Niger, gracilis, fere fusiformis; rostrum coxas intermedias 
attingens ; antennee corporis dimidio cequilongoe ; prothorax albo 
quadriguttatus, sulci transverso valde determinalo, lateribus sub- 
rejlexis ; femora quatuor posteriora basi lutea ; femora antica 
incrassata ; corium striga clavata leslacea basali biramosa, macula 
subapicali transversa alba. 
Female. Black, slender, shining, nearly fusiform, very finely punc- 
tured. Head triangular, widely equilateral. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum 
extending to the middle coxa). Antennae slender, about half the length 
of the body; first joint much shorter than the head; second a little longer 
than the head, about equal in length to the third and to the fourth. Pro- 
thorax elongate, with slightly reflexed sides and with a strongly-marked 
transverse furrow which is a little behind the middle ; two white dots on 
each side, one near the transverse furrow, the other near the hind angle. 
Legs slender, moderately long; four hinder femora luteous at the base; 
fore femora incrassated. Wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. 
Corium of the fore wings with a clavate testaceous streak, which extends 
from the base and emits two oblique branches to the disk ; a transverse 
triangular subapical white spot. Length of the body lines. 
Of the group Beosus. 
a. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
195. Rhyparochromus collaris. 
Mas. Niger, nitens, subpilosus, fere cylindricus ; rostrum coxas inter- 
medias fere attingens ; antennee sat valielce, corporis dimidio paullo 
longiores, articulo 2 o luteo apice nigro, 3 o 4oque basi luteis ; 
abdominis dorsum luteo late univittatum ; pedes lutei, femoribus 
nigris quatuor poslerioribus basi luteo fasciatis, tibiis apice nigris 
anticis sublus unidentalis ; alec abdominis apicem non attingenles. 
Var. (i. — Alee anticee ferrugineee. 
Male. Black, shining, finely punctured, slightly pilose, nearly 
cylindrical. Head elongate-triangular. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum 
extending nearly to the middle coxae. Antenna? rather stout, a little more 
