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reaching the abdominal apex; anterior femora armed beneath with 

 a séries of soinewhat long spines. 



Long. 11 miil. 



Hab. : Bornéo; Kuching. 



IV. — Family ARADIDiB. 

 Subfamily ARADIiN.E. 



Eumenotes insularis sp. n. — Paie fuscous, tinted with 

 olivaceous; membrane pale piceous; elongately subovate; heap 

 broader Ihan long, with eyes about reaching the anterior angles of 

 the pronotum; antennte incrassate, somewhat erectly setulose, 

 first joint about reaching apex of head, second longer than third, 

 which is subequal to fourth ; pronotum transversely impressed 

 before middle, where the latéral margins are straight and almost 

 at right angles to the angularly rounded latéral margins of the 

 posterior lobe, the whole surface coarsely punctate, and the 

 anterior lobe whith three tiibercles on each latéral area; scutellum 

 coarsely punctate, its apex angulate; corium coarsely punctate, 

 apically obtusely angulate; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxae; disk of abdomen beneath with an oblong black central spot; 

 metasternum piceous. Sternum deeply sulcate. 



Long. 8 mill. 



Hab. : Malay Archipelago ; Isld. Sangir (Doherty). 



Differs from E. obscura Westw. the only other at présent 

 described species of the genus by its much narrower form, narrow 

 and more anteriorly oblique latéral lobes to head, the spine in front 

 ofeyes more curved; pronotum with the anterior lobe much more 

 distinctly separated from the posterior lobe and its latéral margins 

 straighter ; apex of scutellum more elongately triangular; apex of co- 

 rium more angulate; prominent black spotto abdomen beneath, etc. 



The position of this genus bas been variably estimated. It was 

 first described and tîgured by Westwood (1847) who placed it in 

 the Pentatomida? close to Mcgymenum, where it was also located 

 by Stâl in his Enumerat. Hemipt. Pt. I (1870). In 1873 Walker 

 redescribed the typical species as Aradus truncattis, thus first 

 placing it in its correct family. Bergroth in 1889 rendered much 

 confusion by again redescribing the genus under the name of 

 Odonia, strangely stating « ad Brachyrrhynchinorum subfamiliam 

 pertinet hoc genus valde insigne », having evidently overlooked 

 the sulcated sternum which combined with the lengthened rostrum 

 afford the characters relied on by Stâl in the constitution of his 

 subfam. Aradina^ It must therefore remain in the Aradituv, or cause 

 the promotion of a new subfamily for its réception, but Bergroth's 

 décision is without support. 



