Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidse. 589 



Genus Morna. 

 Morna, StSl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1867, p. 521. 

 Type, M. cornuta, Hagl. } = leucospila } Walk. 



Morna leucospila. 



Cuspicona leucospila, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 387 (1867). 



Kirkaldy, in his recent Catalogue, has placed this species 

 as a synonym of M. agressor, Fabr. These two species are, 

 however, quite distinct and not likely to be confused. 

 C. leucospila is a smaller species, with the posterior pronotal 

 angles more longly produced and more acute, and. the 

 scutellum is narrower. The type of M. agressor is in the 

 Banksian collection, and with it I have compared the type 

 of Walker's species. 



Genus Cuspicona. 

 Cuspicona, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 296 (1851). 



Type, C. thoracica, Wcstw. 



Cuspicona splendiclula, sp. n. 



Bright ochraceous; basal area of pronotum (including the 

 lateral angles), a broad marginal fascia on each side of 

 scutellum (not reaching base, but united and. occupying 

 apex), terminal abdominal spines (above and beneath), and 

 the posterior angles of the prosternum sanguineous; head 

 finely granulose ; antennae pale ochraceous, basal joint not 

 quite reaching apex of head, second and third subequal in 

 length, fourth and fifth thickened and subequal, apical area 

 of third also thickened ; pronotum thickly finely punctured, 

 the lateral angles somewhat straightly and strongly angu- 

 larly produced ; scutellum sparsely finely punctate, more 

 thickly so in the sanguineous areas ; corium more coarsely 

 punctate ; membrane pale hyaline, reflecting the sanguineous 

 hue of the abdomen beneath it ; sternal process reaching 

 base of head; abdomen beneath with a central longitudinal 

 ridge. 



Long. 10^ mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 7 mm. 



Hob. Queensland (Brit. Mus.). 



This beautiful species has no more precise locality than 

 the above. It was purchased with other insects from 

 Queensland in 1872. 



