Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidae. 471 



apex, three pale raised levigate fascise uniting near middle 

 and then continued in a central fascia to near apex ; coriuni 

 darkly punctate, the veins prominent and levigate, membrane 

 short, greyish, the veins fuscous and more or less furcate ; 

 counexivum finely spotted with blackish ; body beneath and 

 legs ochraceous ; sternum coarsely punctate with a sublateral 

 area of black punctures, a small black spot on each side of 

 pro-, meso-, and metasterna ; spiracles and small abdominal 

 marginal spots black ; apical joint of tarsi black. 



Long. 6 to 7 mm. 



J lab. N. S. Wales {A. M.Lea, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to E. austraUs, Dall., but differing in the longer 

 fourth joint of the antennae, the larger linear black impression 

 to the basal angles of the scutellum, &c. 



Eribotes hobartensis, sp. n. 



Somewhat broadly ovate, more or less ochraceous, darkly 

 punctate ; head as long as broad between eyes, brownish 

 ochraceous, the central lobe and lateral margins more or less 

 pale ochraceous, some black punctures on each side of the 

 apex and base of the central lobe, lateral lobes distinctly 

 punctate, their apices slightly passing the apex of the central 

 lobe, their lateral margins a little reflexed ; antennae with 

 the first, second, and third joints ochraceous, fourth and 

 fifth black, basal joint stout, not nearly reaching apex of 

 head, second and third almost subequal in length, each 

 shorter than third or fourth, which are also subequal ; pro- 

 notum about half as long as broad at base, slightly convex, 

 coarsely punctate, brownish ochraceous, the lateral margins 

 rounded towards eyes, reflexed and distinctly paler; scutel- 

 lum longer than broad at base, ochraceous, more or le.s 

 darkly punctate, a black foveate line at each basal angle, two 

 oblique pale levigate linear fascia?, commencing near basal 

 angles, outwardly furcate near base and uniting on disk 

 about one-third before apex, the punctures on the apical area 

 more distinct and darker; coriuni brownish ochraceous, 

 finely, darkly punctate, membrane short, greyish ; body 

 beneath and legs (imperfectly seen in carded typical specimen) 

 pale ochraceous. 



Long. 5^ mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 3^ mm. 



Hub. Tasmania; Hobart (Brit. Mus.). 



Differs from the preceding species, E. leana, in the more 

 rounded lateral pronotal margins, &c. 



Eribotes challenyeri, sp. n. 

 Ochraceous, coarsely darkly punctate; head about as long 



