382 ]\rr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomklfe. 



Bathrus dissiniilis , sp. n. 



Above greenish testaceous, irregularly punctured with 

 black ; head with the punctures near the lateral margins, the 

 central lobe (excluding apex), and a curved linear punctate 

 fascia before eyes resplendent green ; antennse four-jointed, 

 Mith the first joint stramineous, outwardly black, second 

 black, third and fourth black, with their bases broadly oohra- 

 ceous, basal joint projecting beyond the apex of head, second 

 longer than third and nearly three times as long as the first, 

 third and fourth subequal in length ; pronotuni considerably 

 mottled with bright green, especially near the anterior mar- 

 gin, and on the disk forming very obscure, irregular, oblique 

 fasciae, lateral margins oblique, with their anterior halves 

 strongly dentate ; scutellum strongly mottled with bright 

 green on basal half, which is also strongly rugulose, the 

 rugulosities and the apex pale, levigate, a foveate bright spot 

 at each basal angle ; corium much more finely punctate, more 

 prominently green near basal and apical areas ; membrane 

 bronzy-brown ; connexivum pale ochraceous, with large 

 green segmental spots ; body beneath and legs pale ochra- 

 ceous, shining, impunctate, a bright green curved line on 

 each side of the presternum and a short linear spot of the 

 same colour on each side of the mesosternum ; abdominal 

 spiracles black ; rostrum passing the second abdominal 

 segment, its apex black ; ventral sulcatiou very pronounced 

 and reaching the apex of the fifth segment ; tibiae biannulated 

 with fuscous. 



Long. 1(5 mm.; exp. prouot, angl. 7\ mm. 



Hab. Queensland (F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 



In colour and markings very closely allied to B. variegatus, 

 Dall., but with the lateral margins of the pronotum oblique, 

 not sinuate, and the longitudinal nervures of the membrane 

 not furcate. 



Genus Accarana. 

 Accarana, Dist. Tr. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1888, p. 478. 



Type, A. metallica, Dist. 



Accarana ausiralica, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, coarsely, thickly, darkly punctate ; head 

 about as long as broad, coarsely thickly punctate excepting 

 a basal area between eyes, which (excluding the margins and 

 central longitudinal lines of punctures) is impunctate, central 



