478 Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatornida3. 



broad, subtruncate ; scutellum a little longer than broad at 

 base, attenuated and somewhat depressed posteriorly, ex- 

 tending for about one-fourth beyond the inner angle of the 

 corium ; corium somewhat narrow, connexivum exposed for 

 half its length ; membrane with longitudinal veins, some 

 furcate ; bucculse suddenly narrowing at the base of rostrum, 

 apex of rostrum just passing the intermediate coxse, first 

 joint not quite reaching base of head, second joint reaching 

 anterior coxae, third terminating between the anterior and inter- 

 mediate coxse; sternum centrally longitudinally sulcate. 

 A genus to be placed near the Ethiopian Acoloba, Spin. 



Hillieria acuminata, sp. n. 



Greyish brown; head finely punctate, lateral margins 

 narrowly piceous, eyes black ; antennas with the first, second, 

 and third joints ochraceous, fourth and fifth testaceous red ; 

 pronotum with a central longitudinal impression, the basal 

 half thickly punctate and somewhat rugulose, the anterior 

 apical spines paler in hue and straightly extended to the 

 anterior margins of the eyes ; scutellum obscurely longi- 

 tudinally ridged and transversely wrinkled, the lateral 

 margins distinctly punctate ; corium thickly and more finely 

 punctate; membrane greyish white; body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous ; apex of rostrum black ; structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 9^ to 12 mm. 



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

 Brit. Mus.). 



PseujdjElia, gen. nov. 



Body subelongate ; head about as long as broad at base, 

 central and lateral lobes subequal in length, the latter with 

 their apices subacute, ocelli at base, nearer eyes than to 

 each other, moderately attenuated anteriorly, lateral margins 

 slightly sinuate in front of eyes, a little raised on basal 

 area, thence deflected to apex ; antenniferous tubercles 

 outwardly shortly spined; antennas five-jointed, basal joint 

 short, second longer and about reaching apex of head, third 

 slightly shorter than second, fourth and fifth longest ; 

 pronotum half as long as breadth at base, lateral margins 

 moderately obliquely sinuate, posterior angles roundly sub- 

 prominent, anterior margin concavely sinuate, posterior 

 margin truncate ; scutellum distinctly longer than broad at 

 base, its apical third attenuated ; corium about as long as 

 head and pronotum together, its apical margin truncately 



