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Hoffmanseggiella defensor Dist,, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (7)-V, 424 (1900) [sine descr.] Australia. 



I have briefly redescribed this species as several cha- 

 racters are omitted by Walker. 



Subfam. Acnnthosomatinae. ^ 



Ditaenius nov. gen. 

 Caput lateribus leviter sinuatum, tylo jugis sublongiore, 

 bucculis humilibus, rectis. Pronotuna pone naarginem apica- 

 lem confuse punctatum, marginibus apicali et lateralibus 

 anticis baud elevatis, his levissime obtuse crenulatis, pone 

 medium plus minusve sinuatis, angulis lateralibus prominu- 

 lis, marginibus lateralibus posticis haud depressis, margine 

 basali subrecto. Scutellum subaeque longum ac latum, frenis 

 longe pone medium extensis. Carina mesosterni alte lami- 

 nata, paullo pone coxas anticas altissima, retrorsum sensim 

 humilior, pone coxas medias parum producta, antrorsum 

 oblique fortiter humilescens, medium prosterni paullum su- 

 perans. Sulcus orificialis medium metapleurae paullum su- 

 perans, leviter curvatus. Area evaporativa partem maximam 

 mesopleurae (extima excepta) et metapleurae (limbo postico 

 excepto) occupans. Corium margine apicali rectum ; mem- 

 brana venis simplicibus instructa. Abdomen lateribus inte- 

 grum, subtus medio tectiformiter subcarinatum, utrinque 

 vitta angusta callosa laevi eburnea percurrente a medio et 

 latera aeque longe distante praeditum, spina basali ventris 

 medium mesosterni paullum superante, angulis apicalibus 

 segmenti sexti feminae subrotundatis, hoc segment© in fe- 

 mina prope basin mox extra vittam callosam foveola opaca 

 instructo. 



Typus : Cimex emeritus Fabr. 

 . Allied to Stictocarenus Stål. 



Ditaenius emeritus Fabr. 

 Testaceus, supra cum propleuris sat dense et fortiter 

 concoloriter punctatus, punctis pronoti pone lineam inter 



