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CATALOGUE OF 
9. Amorbus rubicunuus. 
rubicundus, Slal, Eug. Resa, Hem. 232. Mayr, Hem. 87. 
Sydney. 
10. Amorbus robustus. 
robustus, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xv. 432; Hem. 85. 
Sydney. 
11. Amorbus planus. 
Foem. Fulvus, iomentosus, ellipticus ; antenna: corporis dimidio 
longiores ; prolhorax sublilissime scaber, longitudinaliter subsulcatus, 
laleribus subcrenulatis subretusis, anguLis poslicis obtusis; scutellum 
basi nigro fasciatum ; abdomen rufum, nigro intcrrupte sexfasciatum ; 
femora poslica subincrassata, sublus biserialim serrata ; tibice posticce 
sublus apud medium subdilatatce snbangulatce apices versus serralce ; 
membraria fusca. Mas. — Angusliur ; abdominis discus niger, rufo 
transverse quadristrigalus ; tibice posticce subtus angulatce et sub- 
dilalatce. 
Female. Tawny, tomenlose, elliptical. Rostrum short, its tip in a 
groove near the fore coxoe. Antennae rather more than half the length of 
the body; joints from the first to the fourth successively decreasing in 
length. Pruthorax very minutely scabrous, with an indistinct longitudinal 
furrow and a slight transverse ridge near the hind border; sides straight, 
slightly crenulated and retnse ; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. 
Scutellum with a black basal band. Dorsum of the abdomen red, with six 
black bands, which, with the exception of the fifth, are interrupted on each 
side. Femora beneath with a subapical spine. Hind femora slightly 
incrassated, minutely serrated on each side beneath. Hind tibiae slightly 
dilated and angular beneath at somewhat less than half the length from 
the base, minutely serrated from thence to the tips. Fore wings with a 
brown membrane. Hind wings lurid-cinereous. Length of the body 
10^ lines. 
Male. Narrower than the female. Dorsum of the abdomen with a black 
disk, which has four transverse red streaks; sides with black spots. Hind 
femora rather more incrassated than those of the female. Hind tibia? 
slightly dilated beneath along the whole length, the angle uiore prominent 
than that of the female. Length of the body 8^ lines. 
a, b. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray’s collection, 
Genus J5. GELONUS. 
Gelonus, Stal., Hem. Afr. ii. 3. 
1. Gelonus discolor. 
Amorbus discolor, C. H. 411 — Gelonus discolor, Stal. 
a. Tasmania. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. 
