﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomidse. 
  343 
  

  

  long 
  as 
  scutellum, 
  though 
  its 
  apex 
  passes 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  scutel- 
  

   lum, 
  its 
  apical 
  margin 
  roundly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  membrane 
  short, 
  not 
  

   nearly 
  reaching 
  abdominal 
  apex, 
  the 
  veins 
  simple 
  ; 
  connexi- 
  

   vum 
  exposed 
  from 
  about 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  corium 
  ; 
  bucculae 
  

   elevated, 
  outwardly 
  curved 
  and 
  divergent 
  from 
  middle 
  to 
  

   base 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxse, 
  first 
  

   joint 
  slightly 
  passing 
  base 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  longest 
  and 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  intermediate 
  coxre 
  ; 
  sternum 
  centrally 
  longitu- 
  

   dinally 
  impressed 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  three-jointed, 
  second 
  joint 
  smallest. 
  

   Allied 
  to 
  Menestheus, 
  Stal, 
  and 
  Paramenestlieus, 
  Bredd., 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  principally 
  differs 
  by 
  the 
  scutellum 
  not 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad 
  and 
  with 
  its 
  apex 
  broadly 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Neomenestheus 
  walkeri, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Ochraceous, 
  somewhat 
  thickly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  and 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  lobe 
  distinctly 
  

   darkly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  antennae 
  with 
  the 
  first, 
  second, 
  and 
  third 
  

   joints 
  ochraceous, 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  joints 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  first 
  

   black 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  thickly 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  

   spot 
  near 
  anterior 
  angles, 
  another 
  near 
  middle 
  and 
  sublateral, 
  

   a 
  third 
  near 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  more 
  distinctly 
  

   punctate 
  on 
  basal 
  and 
  lateral 
  areas, 
  a 
  small 
  punctate 
  black 
  

   spot 
  near 
  each 
  basal 
  angle 
  ; 
  corium 
  thickly 
  and 
  more 
  finely 
  

   punctate; 
  membranal 
  veins 
  piceous 
  ; 
  connexivum 
  yellowish, 
  

   with 
  small 
  black 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  segmental 
  incisures 
  ; 
  body 
  

   beneath 
  and 
  legs 
  ochraceous, 
  finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  apices 
  of 
  tarsi 
  

   black 
  ; 
  structural 
  characters 
  as 
  in 
  generic 
  diagnosis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Agonoscelis. 
  

  

  Agonoscelis, 
  Spin. 
  Ess. 
  p. 
  327 
  (1837). 
  

   Type, 
  A. 
  nubila, 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  Agonoscelis 
  antennata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  ochraceous, 
  coarsely 
  thickly 
  darkly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  slightly 
  outwardly 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  central 
  

   lobe, 
  which, 
  being 
  less 
  punctate, 
  is 
  paler 
  in 
  hue 
  ; 
  antennse 
  

   black, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  joints 
  

   distinctly, 
  basally 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  first 
  joint 
  not 
  reaching 
  

   apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  longest 
  and 
  subequal 
  

   in 
  length 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  dull 
  obscure 
  ochraceous, 
  somewhat 
  

   coarsely 
  darkly 
  punctate, 
  anterior 
  lateral 
  margins 
  impunctate 
  

  

  