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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomidae. 
  

  

  XXXIX.— 
  Rhynchotal 
  Notes.— 
  LIV. 
  By 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant. 
  

  

  Pentatomidae 
  from 
  various 
  Regions. 
  

  

  Moonta, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Body 
  elongate 
  ; 
  head 
  depressed, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  

   somewhat 
  angularly 
  nai'rowed 
  and 
  pointed 
  at 
  apex, 
  moderately 
  

   deeply 
  inserted 
  at 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  pronotum 
  ; 
  eyes 
  prominent, 
  

   but 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  anterior 
  pronotal 
  angles 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

   pilose, 
  first 
  joint 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  joint 
  

   slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  subequal 
  to 
  fourth 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  

   not 
  quite 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  long, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   rounded, 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  truncate 
  behind 
  eyes, 
  beyond 
  

   which 
  they 
  also 
  project, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  deeply 
  excavate 
  for 
  

   the 
  reception 
  of 
  head, 
  posterior 
  margin 
  truncate, 
  the 
  disk 
  a 
  

   little 
  convex 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  almost 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  together, 
  attenuated 
  to 
  apex, 
  

   •which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  inner 
  apical 
  

   angles 
  of 
  the 
  corium 
  ; 
  corium 
  longer 
  than 
  scutellum, 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  oblique; 
  membrane 
  small, 
  not 
  passing 
  abdominal 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  intermediate 
  coxae, 
  the 
  second 
  

   joint 
  in 
  type 
  apparently 
  angularly 
  raised 
  from 
  base, 
  but 
  this 
  

   character 
  may 
  be 
  artificial 
  ; 
  tibise 
  strongly 
  spinulose. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  appearance 
  this 
  genus 
  resembles 
  the 
  Oriental 
  

   genus 
  Gampsotes, 
  Sign., 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  distinguished 
  

   by 
  the 
  shorter 
  rostrum, 
  the 
  narrow 
  pointed 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  

   more 
  excavate 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  

  

  Moonta 
  alexandria, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head, 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  scutellum 
  shining 
  black, 
  corium 
  

   more 
  purplish 
  black, 
  membrane 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  subhyaline, 
  

   darker 
  on 
  basal 
  area 
  ; 
  head 
  practically 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  ocelli 
  

   red, 
  near 
  eyes 
  and 
  far 
  apart 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  

   sparsely 
  but 
  distinctly 
  punctate 
  on 
  posterior 
  half, 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  acute 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  (excluding 
  base 
  and 
  apex) 
  

   very 
  coarsely 
  punctate; 
  corium 
  thickly 
  finely 
  punctate; 
  

   antennae 
  pitchy 
  brown 
  ; 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  pitchy 
  

   brown, 
  posterior 
  legs 
  piceous; 
  other 
  structural 
  characters 
  as 
  

   in 
  generic 
  diagnosis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Australia 
  ; 
  Alexandria 
  (W. 
  Stalker, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  