ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. 



BAND 12. N:o 18. 



New Species of tlie Genus Eribotes Stål 

 (Hemipteria, PeiitatoniidaB). 



By 

 E. BERGROTH. 



Communicated October 22nd 1919 by Chr. Aurivillius and Y. Sjöstedt. 



-*' Eribotes belongs to a small group of genera, the Aéptaria, 

 represented only in Africa and Australia. The Asiatic genera 

 Halyahhas Dist. and Beloj/is Dist., which Kirkaldy placed 

 in this tribe., have nothing to do with it, but belong to the 

 true Pentatominae, and the Asiatic genus Dorpius Dist. (repre- 

 sented in Africa by one species) pertains to the Myrochearia, 

 not to the Aéptaria where Kirkaldy placed it. Whether the 

 African genera Pretorius Dist. and Dregea Dist., placed in 

 the Aéptaria by Dtstant, really belong here is impossible to 

 know from the inadequate descriptions. Although only four 

 species of Eribotes have hitherto been described, there are pro- 

 bably many undescribed species in AustraUa, but being in- 

 conspicuous insects of an earthy hue they are not liable to 

 attract the attention of collectors. Descriptions of a few new 

 species in the Stockholm Museum are given below. There can 

 be little doubt that Queensland is the habitat of the species 

 bearing the label »Australia borealis » and received many years 

 ago from Mr. Thorey. 



Eribotes australis Dall. 



The specimen from Melbourne standing in the Stockholm 

 Museum under this name is probably correctly named, agreeing 

 fairh^ well with the description. The head is more declivous 



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