Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidse. 595 



Garceus fidelis. 

 Garceus fidelis, Dist. Aun. & Mag. Nat, Hist. (6) xi. p. 435 (1893). 



Long., S ? , 16-20 mm. 



Hab. Queensland; Townsville (F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 

 Peak Downs (Coll. Dist.). 



In freshly coloured specimens the first, second, and third 

 joints and the base of the fourth joint of the antennae are 

 reddish testaceous. 



Genus Roebournea. 

 Roebournea, Sellout. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1906, p. 144. 



Type, R. diversa, Dist. 



Roebournea diversa. 



Basicniptus diversm, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vi. p. 223 (1900). 

 Phyllocephala tumid/ frons, Van Duz. Bull. Amer. Mus. xxi. p. 211 



pi. Till. fig. 12(1905). 

 Roebournea tumidifrom, Sellout. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1906, p. 144. 

 Dalsira diversa, Kirk. Cat. Hem. (Heteropt.) p. 215 (1909). 



Hab. W. Australia ; Nicol Bay Distr. {Dr. Clement, Brit. 

 Mus.). Roebourne (Coll. Van Duzee). Swan River (Coll. 

 Dist.). 



Borrichias, gen. nov. 



Head with the lateral lobes longly, straightly projecting 

 beyond the central lobe in the form of two robust spines 

 with their apices subacute; ocelli at base, near eyes; an- 

 tenna? five-jointed, first joint scarcely extending to half the 

 length of the lateral lobes, first and second subequal in 

 length, third slightly longer than second and subequal to 

 fourth, fifth longest ; pronotum about twice as broad at base 

 as medial length, the lateral angles produced in long, strong, 

 anteriorly directed spines, their apices subacute, lateral 

 margins before the lateral angles somewhat strongly dentate, 

 near middle a transverse ridge, before which the disk is 

 declivous to anterior margin, which is slightly concave, basal 

 margin truncate; scutellum slightly longer than broad at 

 base, sinuate at middle, the apex broadly subtruncately 

 rounded, extending considerably over base of membrane; 

 corium nearly as long as head and pronotum together, its 

 lateral margin convex ; membrane not reaching apex of 

 abdomen, the veins more or less furcate ; connexivum ex- 

 posed ; rostrum robust, not extending beyond the anterior 



