﻿584 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Australasian 
  Coreidse. 
  

  

  acute 
  spine 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  before 
  the 
  antenniferous 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  first 
  joint 
  gradually 
  thickened, 
  

   longer 
  than 
  head, 
  second 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  third, 
  fourth 
  

   short, 
  infuscate, 
  thickened, 
  pyriform 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  thickly 
  

   punctate, 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  angles 
  castaneous 
  brown, 
  lateral 
  angles 
  with 
  their 
  

   apices 
  acute, 
  blackish 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  sparsely 
  

   punctate, 
  a 
  subapical 
  and 
  two 
  irregular 
  central 
  spots 
  casta- 
  

   neous 
  brown, 
  the 
  apex 
  greyish 
  white 
  ; 
  corium 
  ochraceous, 
  

   thickly 
  brownly 
  punctate, 
  a 
  transverse 
  greyish-white 
  fascia 
  

   a 
  little 
  before 
  apex; 
  membrane 
  subhyaline 
  ; 
  connexivum 
  

   ochraceous, 
  with 
  irregular 
  castaneous 
  spots, 
  one 
  before 
  

   middle 
  largest 
  and 
  occupying 
  the 
  whole 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   segment 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath, 
  legs, 
  and 
  rostrum 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  

   sternum 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  

   prosternum 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  black 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   beneath 
  with 
  four 
  broad 
  longitudinal 
  series 
  of 
  blackish 
  

   punctures, 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  marginal 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  segmental 
  incisures, 
  the 
  lateral 
  segmental 
  angles 
  

   acutely 
  produced, 
  a 
  blackish 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  anal 
  segment. 
  

  

  Long., 
  $ 
  7\ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Queensland; 
  Mackay 
  {Roivland 
  Turner, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  distinct 
  from 
  some 
  Oriental 
  species, 
  which 
  it 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  resembles 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  pattern, 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  

   distinct 
  acute 
  spine 
  ou 
  each 
  side 
  before 
  the 
  antenniferous 
  

   tubercles. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Clavigralla. 
  

   Clavigralla, 
  Spin. 
  Ess. 
  p. 
  200 
  (1837). 
  

   Type, 
  C. 
  gibbosa, 
  Spin. 
  

  

  Clavigralla 
  horrens. 
  

  

  Clavigralla 
  horrens, 
  Dolirn, 
  Stett. 
  ent. 
  Zeit. 
  xxi. 
  p. 
  403 
  (1860). 
  

   Cletu's 
  ? 
  indecorus, 
  Walk. 
  Cat. 
  Het. 
  iv. 
  p. 
  197 
  (1871). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Queensland; 
  Mackay 
  {Roivland 
  Turner, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

   ;rhis 
  species 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  Ceylon, 
  Java, 
  

   Philippines, 
  Flores, 
  and 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Melanacanthus. 
  

   Melanaeanthus, 
  StSl, 
  En. 
  Hem. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  92 
  (1873). 
  

   Type, 
  M.ferrugineus, 
  Stal. 
  

  

  