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the first, dilated for more than half the length from the tip, red towards the 
base; third a little shorter than the first; fourth shorter than the third. 
Prothorax red, with a large transverse black spot on the fore border. 
Scutellum red. Legs red ; knees and tarsi black. Corium red at the base. 
Length of the body 3 lines. 
0 . New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Australia. 
28. Lopus Australis. 
I\Ias et foem. Pallide Jlavus, fusiformis, sublilissime punctatus ; caput 
brevCy sub sulcatum ; oculi prominuli ; rostrum coxas posticus 
atlingens ; antennce rufce, corpore paullo longiores, articulo 2o nigro 
dilatato basi rufo, 3o bast Jlavo ; prothorax rufo bivittatus ; pedes 
longiusculi ; alee anticce rufo venosee, costa nigra, membrana cinerea. 
Male and female. Pale yellow, fusiform, very finely punctured. Head 
smooth, shining, triangular, with a slight longitudinal furrow between the 
eyes. Eyes black, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; tip 
piceous. Antenna slender, a little longer than the body; first joint red, 
stout, a little longer than the head; second about thrice the length of the 
first, red at the base, black and dilated towards the tip; third red, slightly 
curved, more than half the length of the second, yellow at the base; fourth 
red, a little more than half the length of the third. Prothorax with a 
narrow red stripe along each side, which is slightly reflexed. Legs slender, 
rather long. Corium with red veins and with a black costal stripe, which 
does not extend to the tip. Membrane and hind wings cinereous. Male.— 
Disk of the abdomen above black. Length of the body 3^ — lines. 
a—c. Australia. From Mr. Darnel’s collection. 
d. New South Wales. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
e. New South Wales. From Dr. Stephenson’s collection. 
29. Lopus sordidus. 
Foem. Ferrugineus, snbtilissime punctatus; oculi prominuli; rostrum 
coxas posticas attingens ; antennee corpore paullo breviores, articulo 
2o apicem versus nigro dilatato, 3o basi albido ; membrana cinerea. 
Female. Ferruginous, elliptical, very finely punctured. Head trian- 
gular. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind cox* ; 
tip black. Antennae slender, a little shorter than the body; first joint 
stout, a little shorter than the head; second about twice the length of the 
first, black and dilated towards the tip ; third longer than the first, whitish 
at the base; fourth as long as the first ventral segments, retracted towards 
the base of the abdomen. Legs moderately long; femora rather stout 
Membrane and hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines. 
a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
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