ilKMlPTKRA UliTKRUPnaiA. 53^ 



The more acute lateral lobes of tin; head indicate that the group 

 of tliis genus is distinct from that re|iresented by S. i^ariconiis and 

 »S'. ■philippinensis. In differs in like manner from -S. indicus, whitb 

 belongs to a tiiird group. 



J'orraosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



SCIOCOEIS INDICATOR. 



C'ervinus, ovalis, plamcs suhtiiiter purwtalus, siiblus eonvexus ; caput 

 producluin, lobis luleralibus aculis lobum medium pautlo super- 

 anlibus ; autennic nigrce, graciles, bast testacea; thoracis anyuli nnn 

 producli ; scuteUum apice latum, urKjulis basalibus teslaceo-uigris ; 

 abdomen plagis duabus ventratibus ni(/ricantibus, yuttis marginalibus 

 nigris ; j>edes pallide teslacei, nigra conspersi ; alec anliccc breves, 

 membrana cinerea trivenosa, vena media trifurcata. 



Fawu-colonr, oval, thickly and finely punctured, flat above, convex 

 beneath. Head much longer than broad, rather longer than tlic thorax;, 

 lateral lobes acute, extending a little beyond the middle lobe. Eyes black, 

 small, promineut. Ocelli three, close to the hind border. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxae. Antennae black, slender, testaceous towards 

 the base, almost half the length of the body; third joint as long as the 

 second, a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 as long, with a transverse callus on each side near the fore border; fore 

 angles not prominent. ScuteUum much more than half the length of the 

 abdomen, broad and rounded at the tip, with a testaceous point and 

 a black point on each basal angle. Abdomen beneath with a blackish 

 patch on each side at the base ; two rows of black marginal dots. Legs 

 pale testaceous, with black speckles. Corium of the fore wings Jiot 

 extending to the tip of the scuteUum ; membrane cinereous, not extending 

 to the lip of the abdomen, with three longitudinal veins, the middle one 

 trifurcate. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



The narrow and acute lateral lobes of the head distinguish it from the 

 European species. It differs still more from the three Australian groups 

 which are represented by <S". proximus, S. humeralis and S. obscurus. Of 

 these S. obscurus comes near to the European group, while the other two 

 species approach Pentatoma, as do also all the species of the Australian, 

 genus Dicti/otus, to which .S'. proximus is nearly allied. 



Queensland. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



Page 179. 

 Mkcidka lixeakis. 

 Ccrataulax vittatus, Sign. 



iEuN.US- SIM ILLS. 



similis, llagl. Stett. Ent. Zcil. xxix. 154. 

 Rangoon. 



