Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidae. 3G0 



XLI. — Rhynchotal Notes. — LII. By W. L. Distant. 



Australasian Pentatomidae. 



Kumbutha, gen. nov. 



Head large, about as long as broad, the lateral margins 

 oblique, slightly sinuate, the apex subtruncate, slightly 

 rounded, the apical area distinctly foveately depressed ; eyes 

 substylate, a little curved backward, situate at or very near 

 base; antennae five-jointed, basal joint stout, not reaching 

 apex of head, second and third subequal in length, third 

 stouter than second, both shorter than fourth and fifth, 

 which are stouter and also subequal in length ; pronotum 

 longer than head, anterior margin and posterior margin 

 before scutellum truncate, lateral margins almost straightly 

 oblique, distinctly and somewhat broadly grooved, more dis- 

 tinctly so anteriorly, the anterior angles moderately, lami- 

 nately, convexly produced; scutellum not quite reaching the 

 abdominal apex, slightly sinuate near base, the apex broadly 

 rounded ; corium exposed for about half the length of 

 scutellum; connexivum exposed for the posterior half; 

 rostrum slightly passing the posterior coxse ; abdomen short ; 

 femora slightly inerassated ; tarsi three-jointed, third joint 

 about as long as first and second together. 



I do not know any very close ally of this genus. It may 

 be placed in the neighbourhood of Phimodera. 



Kumbutlia quaclrinotata, sp. n. 



Head coarsely punctate, blaek, with fine obscure oblong 

 brownish-ochraceous spots — three near base and two near 

 apex; pronotum thickly coarsely punctate, pale oehraceous, 

 a large transverse subquadrate spot on each side of anterior 

 area, a fine central longitudinal line, on each side of which 

 on posterior half is an oblique line followed by a small spot 

 between it and the posterior angle, piceous or black, on the 

 disk two central small shining stramineous levigate spots, 

 the anterior and lateral margins also very narrowly of the 

 same colour; scutellum thickly coarsely punctate, pale 

 oehraceous, much mottled with blackish, especially in the 

 central and posterior lateral areas, on each side of base near 

 basal angles a small narrow longitudinal shining stramineous 

 levigate spot ; exposed corium pale oehraceous, thickly 

 darkly punctate; antennae black, the first and second joints 

 brownish oehraceous ; body beneath blackish, abdomen with 

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