Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidse. 383 



lobe slightly projecting beyond the lateral lobes, rounded in 

 front ; antennae brownish ochraceous, basal joint with longi- 

 tudinal black lines, shorter than head but projecting beyond 

 it, second joint slightly shorter than third, fourth and fifth 

 longest, subequal in length ; pronotum thickly coarsely 

 punctate, posterior angles distinctly prominent, obtusely 

 acute, anterior angles shortly spinous, margins of the traas- 

 verse cicatrices impunctate ; scutellum thickly coarsely punc- 

 tate, a series of small pale obscure spots on basal margin, a 

 small bronzy-green spot at each basal angle, apex slightly 

 extending over base of membrane ; corium thickly and rather 

 more finely punctate j membrane subhyaliue, the veins 

 prominent, extending beyond abdominal apex ; connexivum 

 with the posterior angles of the segments distinctly spinous ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous, the latter spotted with 

 castaneous ; central metasternal ridges and basal ridges of 

 the abdominal sulcation castaneous ; apex of rostrum muti- 

 lated in type, ventral furrow long, almost extending to base 

 of apical abdominal segment. 



Long. 12 mm. ; exp. pronot. augl. 6^ mm. 



Hab. Queensland [F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 



The first species of this Papuan genus yet described from 

 the Australian continent. 



^Genus Ectenus. 

 Ectenus, Dall. List Hem. i. pp. 151 & 173. 

 Type, E. spectabilis, Burm. 



Ectenus elongatus, sp. n. 



Reddish testaceous or ochraceous, more or less punctate 

 with bronzy green; head elongate, distinctly longer than 

 broad including eyes, somewhat thickly punctate, lateral 

 margins strongly concavely sinuate a little before middle, 

 apex narrowed, the central projecting moderately before the 

 lateral lobes ; antennae long and slender, first and second 

 joints castaneous brown, third, fourth, and fifth joints black, 

 apex of second, basal half of third, and bases of fourth and 

 fifth joints ochraceous, basal joint stoutest, shorter than 

 head but extending beyond its apex, second a little shorter 

 than third, fourth, or fifth, which are subequal in length ; 

 pronotum coarsely punctate, the puuctures mostly bronzy 

 green, which also form four more or less distinct fasciae, two 

 lateral and two central, posterior angles subprominent, 

 lateral margins sinuate; scutellum thickly punctate, much 



