Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidae. 587 



rostrum slightly passing the intermediate coxae, its apex 

 black. 



Long. 8 mm. j exp. pronot. angl. 5 mm. 



Hub. Queensland; Mackay (R. E. Turner, Brit. Mus.). 



Menida inconstans, sp. n. 



Ovate, moderately elongate ; ochraceous, thickly piceously 

 punctate; head less darkly punctate; antennae ochraceous, 

 third, fourth, and fifth joints with their apical areas more or 

 less fuscous, first joint about or almost reaching apex of 

 head, second scarcely longer than first, third longest, longer 

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

 pronotum with a levigate whitish fascia between the pronotal 

 angles, behind this fascia a transverse series of four black 

 spots sometimes very indistinct, the lateral margins narrowly 

 palely levigate ; scutellum with some irregular black spots 

 on basal margins, in some specimens these are very indistinct 

 a small black spot on each side of lateral margin near apex, 

 which has its margin pale ochraceous ; corium coarsely 

 punctate ; membrane hyaline, passing abdominal apex ; body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; intermediate and posterior 

 femora annulated with fuscous near apex, pro- and meso- 

 sterna more or less blackly punctate, a central blackish spot 

 on apical abdominal segment; rostrum about or nearly 

 reaching posterior coxae ; basal abdominal spine extended 

 between the posterior coxae. 



Var. a. — The transverse pale levigate fascia to the pro- 

 notum replaced by a transverse series of very irregular pale 

 levigate spots. 



Var. b. — Pronotum with the transverse series of black 

 spots on basal area, but without either the transverse pale 

 levigate fascia or spots. 



Long. 6i-8^ mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 4^ mm. 



Hub. Queensland (F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to M. continuus, Walk., from the island of Mysol. 



Vandiementa, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as broad at base, lobes equal in length, 

 lateral margins sinuate, the lateral lobes obliquely rounded 

 at their apices, eyes large and prominent at base of head, 

 scarcely reaching the anterior angles of the pronotum ; 

 antennae robust, first joint not quite reaching apex of head, 

 second, third, fourth, and fifth joints almost subequal in 

 length ; pronotum twice as broad as long, declivous ante- 

 riorlv, basal margin concavelv sinuate, anterior margin 



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