﻿new 
  Species 
  of 
  Hemipterous 
  Insects. 
  7 
  

  

  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  medipectus, 
  and 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   orifice 
  of 
  the 
  odoriferous 
  apparatus, 
  black 
  ; 
  mesosternum 
  with 
  a 
  

   shght 
  yellow 
  keel. 
  Coxae 
  brown; 
  thighs 
  and 
  trochanters 
  orange, 
  

   the 
  former 
  with 
  their 
  apices 
  blackish 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  violet 
  black, 
  

   shining, 
  sparingly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  intermediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  

   orange, 
  blackish 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  violet 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  finely 
  pu- 
  

   bescent 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  black, 
  tinged 
  with 
  violet, 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  claws 
  reddish 
  

   orange. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  coriaceous 
  portion 
  deep 
  blue 
  black, 
  

   opaque, 
  very 
  faintly 
  and 
  not 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  

   shining, 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  coarse 
  punctures; 
  apical 
  margin 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining 
  ; 
  membrane 
  brownish 
  violet, 
  shining. 
  Margins 
  of 
  

   the 
  abdomen 
  very 
  thickly 
  and 
  minutely 
  punctured. 
  Abdomen 
  

   beneath 
  rather 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  disc 
  

   smooth, 
  with 
  three 
  large 
  orange 
  spots, 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  third, 
  fourth 
  

   and 
  fifth 
  segments 
  ; 
  basal 
  spine 
  orange, 
  reaching 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   coxae. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Oplomus 
  

   hitherto 
  described, 
  by 
  its 
  very 
  elongate 
  form, 
  and 
  the 
  prominence 
  

   of 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  its 
  thorax 
  ; 
  in 
  other 
  respects, 
  however, 
  it 
  

   agrees 
  precisely 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  that 
  genus. 
  

  

  Family 
  SCIOCORID^. 
  

   Genus 
  SciocoRis, 
  Fall. 
  

   The 
  genus 
  Sciocoris 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  he- 
  

   misphere, 
  throughout 
  wliich 
  it 
  is 
  pretty 
  generally 
  distributed, 
  

   species 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  old 
  continents, 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   archipelago, 
  and 
  in 
  Australia. 
  Of 
  the 
  typical 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   (or 
  Sciocoris 
  prop.), 
  however, 
  including 
  iS*. 
  umbrinus 
  and 
  its 
  imme- 
  

   diate 
  allies, 
  no 
  Australian 
  species 
  has 
  hitherto, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  1 
  am 
  aware, 
  

   been 
  described. 
  This 
  want 
  will 
  be 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  species, 
  

   for 
  which 
  I 
  propose 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  — 
  

  

  Sciocoris 
  australis, 
  n. 
  s. 
  (PI. 
  I. 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  S. 
  pallidus, 
  fusco-punctatus 
  ; 
  capite 
  subelongato, 
  lineis 
  2 
  fuscis 
  

   approximatis 
  ; 
  scutello 
  basi 
  utrinque 
  vitta 
  parva 
  albida 
  ; 
  ab- 
  

   dominis 
  marginibus 
  nigro-maculatis, 
  ventre 
  lineis 
  2 
  e 
  punctis 
  

   fuscis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  tarsisque 
  apice 
  nigris. 
  $ 
  . 
  

   Long. 
  lin. 
  5 
  (m. 
  0.006). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  in 
  Novae 
  Hollandiae 
  parte 
  Australiore. 
  In 
  my 
  own 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  

  

  Ovate. 
  Head 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  sinu- 
  

   ated 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  above 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  

  

  