﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomitta. 
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  Axiagastus 
  cambelli, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Black; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  and 
  longitudinal 
  lines 
  to 
  head, 
  

   sublateral 
  margins 
  and 
  suffusions 
  to 
  anterior 
  area 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   notum, 
  basal 
  margin, 
  central 
  lateral 
  margins 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  

   scutellum, 
  a 
  spot 
  on 
  posterior 
  disk 
  of 
  corium, 
  antennas, 
  

   rostrum, 
  body 
  beneath, 
  and 
  legs 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  transverse 
  

   fasciae 
  to 
  sternum 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  two 
  curved 
  longitudinal 
  

   lines 
  at 
  middle 
  of 
  head 
  beneath, 
  spiracles 
  and 
  a 
  central 
  

   longitudinal 
  fascia 
  to 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  rostrum 
  black 
  ; 
  

   first 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  a 
  little 
  longest 
  and 
  

   also 
  subequal 
  ; 
  spines 
  from 
  bucculae 
  long, 
  acutely 
  downwardly 
  

   produced 
  ; 
  body 
  above 
  thickly 
  punctate 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  markings 
  ; 
  connexivum 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  black 
  spots 
  

   at 
  the 
  abdominal 
  incisures, 
  and 
  inwardly 
  margined 
  with 
  the 
  

   same 
  colour; 
  membrane 
  dark 
  bronzy, 
  slightly 
  passing 
  the 
  

   abdominal 
  apex. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  IJab. 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  [W. 
  H. 
  Cambell) 
  ; 
  Duke 
  of 
  York 
  

   Island; 
  Aignan 
  Island 
  (Brit. 
  Mus. 
  ). 
  On 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  

   "destructive 
  to 
  coconuts" 
  {\V. 
  H. 
  Cambell). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Kuryaspis. 
  

  

  Euryaspis, 
  Sign. 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  (2) 
  ix. 
  p. 
  3-12 
  (1851). 
  

  

  Type, 
  E. 
  transversalis, 
  Sign. 
  

  

  Euryaspis 
  flaceseens, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Elavcscent; 
  antennas 
  reddish 
  testaceous, 
  first 
  joint 
  not 
  

   reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  secoud 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  first, 
  much 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  third, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  either 
  fourth 
  

   or 
  fifth, 
  these 
  being 
  almost 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  head 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  suffused 
  with 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  red, 
  lobes 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  

   pronotum 
  thickly, 
  obscurely, 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   anterior 
  and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  palely 
  levigate, 
  the 
  

   cicatrices 
  near 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  and 
  corium 
  

   thickly, 
  obscurely, 
  fiuely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  (excluding 
  basal 
  

   joint) 
  testaceous, 
  reaching 
  intermediate 
  coxae; 
  sternum 
  

   finely 
  punctate, 
  abdomen 
  more 
  obscurely 
  finely 
  punctate; 
  

   abdominal 
  spiracles 
  black 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  basally, 
  centrally, 
  

   spinously 
  tuberculate 
  ; 
  metasternum 
  elevated 
  ; 
  mesosternal 
  

   carination 
  somewhat 
  strongly 
  elevated, 
  in 
  front 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  coxae, 
  posteriorly 
  ampliated. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13-144 
  mm. 
  

   Ann. 
  tf- 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  vii. 
  2.3 
  

  

  