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Queensland. 



Quite unlike anything hitherto known in the genus. 



Fani. LvG^iDiE. 



Sub-fam. GEOCORINiE. 



9. Germalus vicforice, n. sp. 



Oblongas, pallide tlavo-testaceus, callo humerali pronoti fusco- 

 nigro, ventre plerumque vitta rosea utrinque ornato. Caput 

 impunctatum, rostro coxas medias attingente, summo apice 

 articuli antennarum secundi tertiique et articulo quarto toto 

 fuscis, articulo tertio secundo distincte breviore. Pronotum 

 antrorsuni levissime angustatum, remote nigro-punctulatum, 

 anterius utrinque area iuipunctata prseditum, lateribus rectis, 

 margine basali rotundato. Scutellum callo curvato Isevi basali 

 vittam lajvigatam subelevatam ad apicem emittente instructum, 

 lateribus sat profunde fusco-punctatum. Pectus utrinque punctis 

 parcis minutis nigris in vittam angustam ordinatis instructum. 

 llemelytra pellucida, extus leviter rotundata, clavo serie punc- 

 torum fuscorum completa et serie altera brevi ad commissuram 

 instructo, corio serie punctorum completa ad suturam clavi et 

 serie subcostali longius pone medium abrupta prtedito, hac serie 

 prope basin margini costali parallela, deinde ab hoc sensim 

 divergente, disco corii prjeterea pone medium in dimidio externo 

 parce punctulato, punctis fuscis. Abdomen dorso vittis duabus 

 sinuosis nigris in segmento quinto conjunctis et ad apicem 

 communiter continuatis signatum, segmento dorsali tertio et 

 quarto et prreterea macula parva media nigra notatis. Pedes 

 minute et parcissime fusco-punctulati, interdum fere impunctati. 

 Long. (J $ 4-4 — 4-7 mm. 



Victoria. 



The genus Germalus, Stal, was hitherto only known from 

 ^Madagascar and the Phillipine Islands. 



10. Geocoris provisos, n. sp. 



Niger, capite sulitus (excepta macula parva basali utrinque 

 prope oculos) cum margine antico toto, orbita posteriore oculorum, 

 vitta laterali pronoti, vitta media scutelli basin hujus hand attin- 

 gente, angulis posticis metasterni limboque laterali abdominis 



