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CoLEoricHuS FUSCUS. 
fuscus, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerl. Scutellerides, 59. 
Ceram. 
CoLEOTICHUS PALLIDUS. 
pallidus, Vollenh. Scut. 4. 
Adelaide. 
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SPHEROCORIS CAFFER. 
According to Stal this is a variety of S. punctatus. 
SpH#®rRocoris ArGus, 
According to Stal this species is the Cimex multipunctatus of Thun- 
berg, and S. hamiferus is a variety of it. 
SPHEROCORIS DISTINCTUS. 
distinctus, Sign. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, 441. 
Gabon. 
SPHAROCORIS SUBNOTATUS. 
Testaceus, brevi-ellipticus, valde convexus, sat aspere punctatus; caput 
magnum, longitudine latius ; thorax cullis duobus anticis transversis 
glabris, fascia postica nigricante ; scutellum fascia arcuata e maculis 
quatuor nigricantibus ; femora apice nigricantia. 
Testaceous, short-elliptical, very convex, rather roughly punctured. 
Head large, broader than long. Eyes piceous. Antenne not longer than 
the thorax ; third joint a little shorter than the second and than the fourth ; 
fifth longer than the fourth. ‘Thorax with a smooth transverse callus on 
each side near the fore border; a blackish band on the hind border. 
Scutellum with a curved band beyond the middle formed by four blackish 
spots. Legs stout; femora blackish towards the tips. Wings pellucid. 
Length of the body 4 lines. 
North Australia. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
