390 Mr. W. L. Distant ooi the 



second and fourth about equal in length, third distinctly incrassate 

 at apex, and a little longer than first ; head smooth, the lateral 

 lobes transversely striate ; pronotum very coarsely and somewhat 

 sparsely darkly punctate, the lateral angles flatly, subconically, 

 anteriorly, porrectly produced, their apices subangularly rounded 

 and reaching the latitude of the apex of the head, two transverse 

 curved cicatrices, each containing a few black punctures, situate on 

 the anterior area ; scutellum sparingly coarsely darkly punctate, 

 moderately transversely wrinkled, the apex stramineous, wrinkled 

 but impunctate ; corium very thickly finely punctate ; membrane 

 cupreous in hue ; pro- and mesonota centrally longitudinally dull 

 ochraceous, and with their margins dull ochraceous ; rostrum 

 piceous, the basal joint ochraceous. 



5. Larger and broader than ^, with the upper surface of the 

 abdomen and the connexivum dark castaneous, not black. 



Long. (J. 28, $ . 34 mm. Exp. pronot. angl. (^.17, $ . 20 mm. 



Hah. East Borneo : Sanga Sanga (//. B. Jensen, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Allied to S. icestiooodU, Voll., but ]3osterior angles of 

 abdomen not acutely produced ; pronotal angles more 

 strongly produced, colour different, etc. 



Family COREIDAE. 



Genus Petillia. 

 Petillia, Still, Hem. Afr. II, p. 2 (1865). 

 Type, P. tragus, Fabr. 



Petillia picturata, sp, n. 



Castaneous thickly clothed with bright golden pubescence ; head 

 above with two broad lateral black fasciae ; antennae black ; pronotum 

 moderately transversely constricted at about one-fourth from anterior 

 margin, in front of this constriction two blackish spots, behind them 

 two broad longitudinal castaneous fasciae reaching base, a short cas- 

 taneous fascia before each lateral angle, and an obscure central carinate 

 line which is castaneous towards base ; scutellum castaneous with a 

 central golden tomentose line ; corium with the venation castaneous ; 

 membrane metallic-olivaceous ; rostrum and anterior and inter- 

 mediate legs pale sanguineous ; base of second joint and extreme 

 apex to rostrum, black ; posterior femora thickly golden pubescent, 

 with a broad central annulation and the apex castaneous, posterior 



