]Mr. W. L, Dislunt on Austnilasian PentatomiJaB. 383 



lobe slif^htly pwjrcting bpyond tlie lateral lobt's, rounded in 

 front ; antenna' lirowni^ii oehraecons, basal joint with loiifji- 

 tudinal l)laek lines, shorter than head but projectin;^ beyond 

 it, second joint slightly shorter than third, fourth and fifth 

 longest, subequal iu length ; pronotum thickly coarsely 

 punctate, posterior angles distinctly prominent, obtusely 

 acute, anterior angles slKjrtly spinous, margins of the trans- 

 verse cicatrices inipnnetate; scutelluin thickly coarsely punc- 

 tate, a series of small pale obscure spots on l)asal margin, a 

 small bronzy-green spot at each basal angle, apex slightly 

 extending over base of membrane ; corium thickly and rather 

 more finely punctate ; membrane subhyalinc, the veins 

 prominent, extending beyond abdominal apex ; connexivum 

 with the posterior angles of the segments distinctly spinous ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraeeous, the latter spotted with 

 castaneous ; central nietasternal ridges and basal ridges of 

 the abdominal sulcation castaneous; apex of rostrum ninti- 

 lated in type, ventral furrow loug, almost extending to base 

 of apical abdominal segment. 



Long. 12 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6^ mm. 



Hab. Queensland [F. P. Dodd, Hrit. Mus.). 



The first species of this Papuan genus yet described from 

 the Australian continent. 



Genus Ectenus. 

 Ectenut, Dall. List Hem. i. pp. 151 & 173. 

 Type, E. spectabilis, Burm. 



Ectenus elongatus, sp. n. 



Reddish testaceous or oehraceous, more or less j)unctate 

 with bronzy green; head elongate, distinctly longer than 

 broad including eyes, somewhat thickly punctate, lateral 

 margins strongly concavcly sinuate a little before middle, 

 apex narrowed, the central projecting moderately before the 

 lateral lobes ; antennae long aiul slender, first and second 

 joints castaneous brown, third, fourth, and fifth joints black, 

 apex of second, basal half of third, and bases of fourth and 

 fifth joints oehraceous, basal joint stoutest, shorter than 

 head but extending beyond its apex, second a little shorter 

 than third, fourth, or fifth, which arc subequal in length ; 

 pronotum coarsely punctate, the punctures mostly bronzy 

 green, which also form four more or less distinct fasciae, two 

 lateral and two central, posterior angles suhpromincnt, 

 lateral margins sinuate; scutcllum thickly punctate, much 



