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



pale levigate ochraceous ; antennae testaceous, apical joint 

 (excluding base) black; scutellum pale stramineous, sparingly- 

 punctate, a large punctate spot at the middle of base, and 

 the marginal punctures castaneous, an elongate black spot 

 at each basal angle ; corium pale stramineous, its inner area 

 and the clavus more or less testaceous, a black spot at inner 

 angle on each side of apex of scutellum ; membrane hyaline ; 

 connexivum very finely spotted with black; body beneath 

 and legs pale ochraceous ; apex of rostrum black. 



Long. 7-8 mm. 



Hab. King Island (N. of Tasmania). Tasmania; Launces- 

 ton, Hobart (Brit. Mus.). 



Censorinus, gen. nov. 



Allied to Eupolemus, Dist., but with the scutellum broader 

 at base than long, subtriaugular, almost equilateral to near 

 apex, where it is suddenly narrowed, the apex obtusely sub- 

 acute ; pronotum twice as broad as long ; corium as long 

 but not longer than head and pronotum together. 



Censorinus tasmanicus, sp. n. 



Pale greyish, thickly punctate, basal area o£ the scutellum 

 broadly transversely castaneous ; head thickly darkly punc- 

 tate, the lateral margins sinuate, the central lobe a little 

 longer than the lateral lobes ; antennae brownish ochraceous, 

 the fifth joint (excluding base) black, basal joint almost but 

 not quite reaching apex of head, first, second, and third 

 joints almost subequal in length j pronotum thickly finely 

 punctate, more sparingly so on basal area and not at all on 

 the areas of the cicatrices, lateral margins somewhat strongly 

 recurved and blackly punctate ; scutellum sparsely punc- 

 tate, more densely punctate on the basal castaneous area ; 

 corium thickly punctate ; membrane hyaline, slightly passing 

 the abdominal apex ; body beneath stramineous, legs pale 

 ochraceous ; abdomen beneath and lateral areas of the pro- 

 sternum thickly, rather coarsely punctate ; tarsi two-jointed, 

 posterior tarsi with the first joint slightly shorter than the 

 second. 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. Tasmania ; Hobart [A. M. Lea, Brit. Mus.). Bruni 

 Island {Lea, Brit. Mus.). 



