248 Mr. J. O. Westwood’s Descriptions 
insects from Van Diemen’s Land has recently been characterized 
by Dr. Erichson under the name of Jsodermus, in which the 
hemelytra are destitute of veins. 
Epirodera noiata, Westw. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 5.) 
Obscure brunneo-fulvescens, pronoto in medio partis antice 
lineis duabus latis parallelis notisque tribus lateralibus ob- 
scuris; hemelytris corpore concoloribus membrana fusca 
abdominibus lateribus detectis, nigro flavoque alternatim 
coloratis, capitis parte postica obscura; alis posticis fulvis, 
pronoto subtus concolori nigro vario. 
Long. corp. lin. 4. 
Habitat ? 
In Mus, Britann. 
Plate XVIII. fig. 5, the insect magnified; 5a, the head seen sideways. 
StENoTOMA, Westn. 
Genus novum inter Coreidas Heteropterorum locandum. Caput 
subtriangulare, lobo antico subconico et ad apicem acute 
bispinoso, spinis duabus ante oculos porrectis alterisque 
duabus ad latera capitis locatis. Oculi magni; ocelli 2 mi- 
nuti ad marginem anticum pronoti approximati; promuscis 
4-articulata, gracilis, ad basin pedum posticorum extensa, 
articulo Imo in canali infero capitis recepto, 2ndo reliquis 
paullo longiori. Antenne 4-articulatee, dimidium corporis 
longitudine superantes, articulo basali brevi, 2ndo clavato 
setoso, 3tio ovali lato, 4to ovali-oblongo, preecedenti minori 
et parum breviori. Pronotum lateribus pone medium angu- 
latis, marginibus spimosis, parte postica vix elevata. Scu- 
tellum elongatum, postice attenuatum, subcarinatum. Heme- 
lytra abdominis longitudine corio punctato, areola transversa 
ad basin membrane apicalis venas 4 longitudinales emittenti, 
vena altera margine laterali parallela. Peédes breves graciles, 
tarsis 3-articulatis, articulo intermedio minuto. Abdomen 
hemelytris tectum, angulis posticis lateralibus segmentorum 
acutis. 
The name of this genus is derived from the very slender 
thread-like connexions between the second and third, and third 
and fourth joints of the antenne; these are not noticed in the 
above description; if included they would, together with the 
