Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidaj. 597 



truncate ; scutellum longer than broad at base, obliquely 

 narrowing to about one-fourth from apex, and then more 

 suddenly narrowed to apex, which is subacute ; corium 

 longer than head and pronotum together, connexivurn ex- 

 posed from about half its length from base, membrane 

 slightly passing the abdominal apex ; bucculse and first joint 

 of rostrum reaching base of head, second joint extending to 

 anterior coxse, third reaching to midway between the ante- 

 rior and intermediate coxse, fourth not extended beyond the 

 intermediate coxse; basal abdominal spine not produced 

 beyond the posterior coxse ; mesosternum non-carinate, but 

 moderately centrally laminately elevate, prosternum obscurely 

 centrally broadly sulcate; tarsi two-jointed, basal joint 

 moderately thickened. 



Type, E. picturatus, Dist. 



Allied to Abilities and Anubis. 



Eupolemus picturatus, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, darkly punctate; antennas testaceous red, 

 apices of third and fourth joints and the whole of the fifth 

 black ; head thickly darkly punctate (excluding an impunc- 

 tate space before each eye), two obscure, central, short 

 testaceous lines at base ; pronotum thickly darkly punctate, 

 extreme lateral margins and the areas of the cicatrices pale, 

 impunctate, a central spot on anterior area and a lateral 

 submarginal fascia black ; scutellum more sparingly punc- 

 tate, the apex almost impunctate, an elongate black spot at 

 each basal angle, a shorter black spot interiorly, and between 

 them a levigate ochraceous spot ; coi ium posteriorly more or 

 less shaded with testaceous, thickly punctate, and with a 

 prominent black spot on each side of apex of scutellum ; 

 membrane dull greyish, more or less streaked with fuscous ; 

 connexivurn spotted with black ; body beneath ochraceous, 

 lateral marginal areas of prosternum blackly punctate, two 

 central spots to mesosternum and a sublateral spot to both 

 meso- and metasterna black ; rostrum more or less piceous, 

 apical joint of tarsi black ; structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Long. 6—7 mm. 



Bab. Tasmania; Mount Wellington (Lea, Brit. Mus.). 

 Hobart (Brit. Mus.). 



Eupolemus insularis, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum ochraceous, thickly coarsely punctate, 

 lateral margins of pronotum and the areas of the cicatrices 



