HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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Piceous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in front; 
cone notched on the fore border, about twice the length of the first joint of 
the antennae ; a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. 
Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the propectus. Antennae less than 
one-fourth of the length of the body; second joint white, with a black tip, 
about twice the length of the first ; third wholly white, much shorter than 
the second ; fourth white at the base, a little shorter than the third. Pro- 
thorax with six keels; sides rounded hiudward, tridentate in front. 
Scutellum with a keel and with elevated sides. Legs short, slender. 
Fore wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; corium with a longitu- 
dinal middle vein; seven areolets between this vein and the costa, and 
three between it and the hind border; membrane cinereous, with many 
brown dots. Length of the body If line. 
a. Tasmania. From Mr. Smith’s collection. 
New Zealand. 
28. Mezira Maorica. 
Mas et fcem. Nigra, angusta, fere linearis ; caput parvum, anlice coni- 
cum ; antenna brevissimce, articulis 2 o 3oque aqualibus,4o fusiformi 
breviore, 1 o adhuc breviore ; prothorax transverse sulcalus, anlice 
angustior ; segmenta venlralia fulvo marginata; pedes breves; alee 
anticce abdominis apicem non altingentes, corio parvo, membrana 
diaphana. 
Male and female. Black, flat, punctured, narrow, nearly linear. 
Head small, conical in front; the cone longer than the first joint of the 
antennae. Rostrum not longer than the head. Antenna about one-fifth of 
the length of the body; second joint much longer than the first; third as 
long as the second ; fourth fusiform, a little shorter than the third. Pro- 
thorax transverse in front, with a broad shallow transverse furrow at a little 
in front of the middle; sides straight. Scutellum triangular. Hiud 
borders of the ventral segments tawny. Legs short, moderately stout. 
Fore wings extending to about three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; 
corium small ; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a— h. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Lort Stokes. 
Genus 5. ANEURUS. 
Aneurus, Curt. Brit. Ent. 86. De Lap. Hem. 54. Burnt. Handb. Ent. 
ii. 253. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 116. 
Europe. 
1. Aneurus l^vis. 
Aradus lse vis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 119, 2. Fall. Hem. Suec. 140 — Aneurus 
laevis, Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 86. De Lap. Hem. pi. 54, f. 2. H.-Sch. 
Wanz. Lns. ix, 141, pi. 310, f. 951. Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. 253. 
Serv. Hist. Hem. 307. Kol. Mel. Ent. vi. 25. Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i. 
397. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 116. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 268 — Aradus 
