Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomida&. 4G7 



laminate, their outer edges obliquely rounded, anterior and 

 posterior margins truncate, moderately convexly declivous 

 from base to apex, obscurely finely punctate; scutcllum 

 about as long as broad at base, which is subequal to breadth 

 of base of head, lateral margins moderately oblique, distinctly 

 foveate at each basal augle, obscurely finely wrinkled and 

 sparsely punctate j corium finely, sparsely punctate ; mem- 

 brane greyish ; connexivum mottled with fuscous brown ; 

 legs finely spinulose, posterior tarsi with the basal joint 

 slightly shorter than the remaining joints together, the 

 claws black. 



Long. 5 to 6 mm. 



Hab. Troughton Island, off the N.W. coast of Australia 

 {Com. Walker, Brit. Mus.). 



The two specimens on which this species is founded were 

 collected during the voyage of li.M.S. ' Penguin.' 



Sciocoris hermannsi, sp. n. 



Dull greyish, moderately speckled with blackish, basal 

 area of the scutellum testaceous; membrane with the basal 

 area continued hindward in two longitudinal spots, black; 

 head about as long as breadth between eyes, laterally very 

 slightly sinuate in front of eyes and apically truncately 

 rounded, central lobe prominent and slightly raised, the 

 surface sparsely, somewhat coarsely darkly punctate, eyes of 

 moderate size, prominent, not quite reaching the anterior 

 pronotal angles ; antennae greyish ochraceous, more or less 

 suffused with testaceous, basal joint not reaching apex of 

 head, second and third subequal in length, each shorter than 

 fourth or fifth, which are also subequal ; pronotum about 

 twice as broad at base as median length, sparsely irregularly 

 darkly punctate, the anterior marginal area behind head 

 suffused with pieeous, the lateral areas sublaminate, their 

 margins moderately rounded ; scutellum about as long as 

 broad at base, the basal angles foveate, the basal area testa- 

 ceous with a few small black macular markings, behind this 

 are two longitudinal fa^ciate pieeous spots and a pieeous 

 spot at apex ; corium obscurely finely punctate, the costal 

 area a little paler, the costal margin speckled with black ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous, posterior tarsi with the 

 basal joint almost as long as the two remaining joints 

 together. 



Long. 6 mm. 



Hab. Central Australia ; Hermannsburg (H. J. Hillier, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



