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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomidae. 
  

  

  subequal 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  very 
  coarsely 
  

   darkly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  entire, 
  not 
  crenulate, 
  

   somewhat 
  broadly 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  almost 
  impunctate, 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  black, 
  robust, 
  moderately 
  longly 
  and 
  almost 
  

   straightly 
  produced, 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  central 
  longitu- 
  

   dinal 
  ridge 
  : 
  scutellum 
  brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  coarsely 
  darkly 
  

   punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  ridge, 
  the 
  apex 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  darkly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  apex 
  broad, 
  

   truncately 
  rounded 
  ; 
  coriuin 
  brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  thickly 
  

   but 
  more 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   greenish, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  pale 
  levigate 
  ; 
  mem- 
  

   brane 
  bronzy 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  pale 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   and 
  a 
  smaller 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  margins 
  pale 
  hyaline; 
  body 
  

   beneath 
  ochraceous, 
  darkly 
  punctate, 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  suffused 
  

   with 
  greenish, 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  

   series 
  of 
  blackish 
  spots 
  to 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  legs 
  ochraceous, 
  apices 
  

   of 
  femora 
  and 
  bases 
  and 
  apices 
  of 
  tibiae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   brownish, 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  not 
  dilated 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  spine 
  

   beyond 
  middle, 
  anterior 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  long 
  

   spine 
  near 
  apex 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae. 
  

  

  Long., 
  S 
  ? 
  , 
  9-13 
  nim. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  6-7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Queensland 
  ; 
  Mackay 
  {K. 
  E. 
  Turner, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.) 
  ; 
  

   Townsville 
  (F. 
  P. 
  Dodd, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  P.melacanthus, 
  Boisd.; 
  apices 
  of 
  pronotal 
  lateral 
  

   angles 
  entire, 
  not 
  notched, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Janeirona, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Subelongate 
  ; 
  head 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  between 
  eyes, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  distinctly, 
  somewhat 
  strongly"rerlexed, 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  passing 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  lobe 
  but 
  not 
  meeting 
  

   beyond 
  it, 
  their 
  apices 
  truncate; 
  ocelli 
  near 
  base, 
  a 
  little 
  

   nearer 
  to 
  eyes 
  than 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  a 
  distinct 
  spine 
  before 
  eyes 
  

   on 
  each 
  antenniferous 
  tubercle 
  ; 
  antennas 
  pilose, 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   globosely 
  incrassated, 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  head, 
  but 
  longly 
  

   passing 
  it, 
  second 
  joint 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  first, 
  

   considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  third 
  (remaining 
  joints 
  mutilated 
  

   in 
  typical 
  specimen) 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  

   base 
  as 
  long, 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  moderately 
  obtusely 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  prominent, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  oblique, 
  lateral 
  angles 
  

   subprominent, 
  posterior 
  margin 
  truncate, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  

   moderately 
  concave; 
  scutellum 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  third 
  moderately 
  attenuated, 
  the 
  apex 
  subangulate 
  

   and 
  reaching 
  or 
  slightly 
  passing 
  the 
  inner 
  apical 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  

   corium, 
  a 
  little 
  depressed 
  behind 
  middle; 
  corium 
  elongate, 
  

   its 
  apical 
  angle 
  distinctly 
  produced 
  ; 
  membrane 
  slightly 
  

  

  