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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomidse. 
  

  

  slightly 
  passing 
  apex 
  of 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  membrane 
  short, 
  not 
  

   passing 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  veins 
  simple, 
  somewhat 
  irregularly- 
  

   cellular 
  on 
  basal 
  area 
  j 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   coxae, 
  first 
  joint 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  base 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  

   setose 
  and 
  sulcate 
  ; 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  joints 
  together, 
  the 
  joints 
  robust. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  Menaccarus, 
  A. 
  & 
  S 
  v 
  but 
  distinguished 
  from 
  

   that 
  genus 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  being 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  joints 
  together. 
  

  

  Kapunda 
  typica, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Dull 
  ochraceous, 
  darkly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  and 
  basal 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  corium 
  pale 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  sparsely 
  punctate; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  black 
  foveate 
  spot 
  in 
  each 
  basal 
  angle, 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  

   pale 
  ochraceous 
  elongate 
  levigate 
  spot, 
  a 
  black 
  elongate 
  

   marginal 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  before 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  narrowly 
  

   ochraceous 
  and 
  impunctate; 
  membrane 
  pale 
  hyaline; 
  con- 
  

   nexivum 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  large 
  punctate 
  black 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  

   apices 
  of 
  the 
  incisures 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  ochraceous, 
  bead 
  and 
  

   sternum 
  darkly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  punctures 
  forming 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   distinct 
  dark 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  areas 
  of 
  pro-, 
  meso-, 
  and 
  

   metasterna 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  black 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  submarginal 
  fascia 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  femora 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  spotted 
  with 
  piceous 
  or 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  on 
  disk 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   beneath 
  a 
  few 
  minute 
  reddish 
  spots 
  ; 
  structural 
  characters 
  

   as 
  in 
  generic 
  diagnosis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  ; 
  Sydney 
  (Comm. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Walker, 
  

   Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Neomenestheus, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  between 
  outer 
  margins 
  of 
  

   eyes, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  central, 
  meeting 
  beyond 
  it 
  but 
  cleft 
  at 
  their 
  apices, 
  

   their 
  lateral 
  margins 
  moderately 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  near 
  base, 
  

   much 
  nearer 
  eyes 
  than 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  antennae 
  five-jointed, 
  

   third 
  joint 
  about 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  sub- 
  

   equal 
  in 
  length, 
  third 
  a 
  little 
  shortest, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  sub- 
  

   equal 
  and 
  longest 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  transverse, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   oblique 
  and 
  narrowly 
  reflexed, 
  anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  margins 
  

   subtruncate, 
  lateral 
  angles 
  rounded, 
  not 
  prominent; 
  scutellum 
  

   about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  only 
  moderately 
  narrowed 
  to 
  

   apex, 
  which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  corium 
  about 
  as 
  

  

  