Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatoini<laj. 375 



proniiiuMif, with tlicir outer margins lon^jly pilose; pronotimi 

 darkly punctate, l)ut without the two dark central t'asci;e. 



Ijoii^. l.'J iiini. ; ex[). |)n)not. i\U{i\. C>h U)ni. 



J/a/j. Uuccnshmd ; ^luckay (/^ K. 'I'urncr, Hnt. Mus.). 



Theseus sattellatuSj sp. n. 



Stramineous, more or less tliiekly hlaekly punctate ; head, 

 anterior ari-a of pronotum, l)asal area of seutellum, apical 

 area of corium and eunuexivum ochraceons; hody Ijcncath 

 and le{^s ochraceons ; head beneath and a broad lateral fascia 

 to sternum thickly darkly punctate ; head with a sublateral 

 pale line parallel with the insertion of the antennae ; pro- 

 sternum with a black submarf^inal line, not reaching base; 

 abdonjcn with a distinct subhitcral f:isciaon each side, pitchy 

 black; antcumc pale stramineous punctured with black, the 

 third and fourth joints more darkly so, but with their bases 

 impunetate, first joint moderately curved, considerably 

 passing apex of head, second, third, and fourth joints almost 

 8ulx(iual in length (fifth joint mutilated in specimen de- 

 scribed) ; head as long as pronotum, the central lobe with 

 two black converging lines on its posterior half, inner ocular 

 and basal areas more or less impunetate ; pronotum with a 

 straight central longitudinal and a sublateral waved oblique 

 line on each side, pale levigate, the lateral margins a little 

 obscurely dentately sinuate behind eyes, posterior angles 

 subangularly prominent; seutellum with the basal area a 

 little raised and centrally longitudinally foveately impressed, 

 posteriorly continued by two central raided levigate lines not 

 reaching apex ; corium with a maculate patch of black 

 punctures near its apical margin ; membrane hyaline with 

 iridescent reflections ; connexivum \\ ith a small black line 

 and spot margining the incisures ; rostrum reaching the apex 

 of the second abdominal segment, first joint not extending 

 behind the buccuhe, second and third joints subccjual in 

 length ; legs stramineous, iiKjre or less punctured with 

 pieeous, anterior and intermediate tibi.'e almost impunetate 

 on basal areas, p<;sterior legs mutilated in type. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Hah. Uueensland ; Towiisville [Hodd, Hrit. Mus.). 



A species to be recognized by the structure of the seutel- 

 lum, tlie sinuately subdentate anterior lateral margins of the 

 pronotum, the pale hyaline nuinbrane, &c. This species 

 will doubtless by some systematists be considered entitled 

 to sul)gcneric rank. 



