Nevj Genera and Species of Australian Heniiptera. 1 1 



Abdomen almost glabrous, the pale lateral spot of the fourth 

 segment oblong, that of the fifth subquadrate. Anterior femora 

 moderately incrassated, beneath biseriately spinous almost down 

 their whole length, anterior tibiae in the male armed beneath with 

 about four acute tubercles; intermediate femora {^) beneath in 

 the basal half with a few spines; first joint of posterior tarsi about 

 three times longer than the two other joints together. Lengthy 

 $ 7.8 mm. 



West Australia. 



Notable by having (at least in the male) also the middle femora 

 spinous beneath ; not nearly allied to any descril^ed Australian 

 species. The eyes are red in the type, but this character cannot be 

 relied on in dry specimens. 



Named after Mr. W. L. Distant, to whom we owe so much of our 

 quantitative knowledge of the Australian Hemiptera. 



Paradrymus, n. gen. 



Body ovate, someAvhat depressed above, strongly transversely 

 convex beneath, distinctly punctate all over except on the ventei-. 

 Head broader than apex of pronotum, equal in length to anterior 

 pronotal lolx>, very slightly exserted, as long as broad, clypeus- 

 conspicuously produced Ixjyond the juga, eyes globose, strongly 

 prominent, but not large, the very small ocelli placed behind the 

 level of the posterior margins of the eyes, about as far from them 

 as from the median line of the head, the space between eyes and 

 apex of antenniferous tubercles a little shorter than the eyes. 

 bucculae small, rounded, throat horizontal, antennae long and 

 slender, first joint passing apex of head by about one-third its 

 length, second the longest, third and fourth subequal in length, 

 each of them longer than first, rostrum slender, reaching Ijeyond 

 hind coxae, first joint distinctly longer than first antennal joint, 

 almost reaching base of head, second subequal in length to the 

 last two put together, third much longer than fourth. Pronotum 

 subgradiially narrowed from base to a little beyond middle, then 

 more strongly rotundately narrowed to apex, transversely dis- 

 tinctly impressed somewhat behind the middle, at apex with a 

 distinct but narrow linear collar, at base more than two times 

 broader than head, lateral margins narrowly laminate but more 

 broadly so at the ends of the transverse impression where they are 

 angularly dilated inwards and very slightly sinuate exteriorly, 

 basal margin almost straight, anterior lobe somewhat convex, pos- 



