Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian PentatoiuiJu;. 475 



and fifth also subeciual ; pronotum about twice as broad at 

 base as lcn<^th, lateral niargiiis coucavely sinuate, anterior 

 auf^lcs spinous, not quite reacliin}? eyes, but extcndiu}^ 

 outwardly beyond thcui, j)osterior anj^les subprominent and 

 subspinous; scutellum coaiNcly punctate, a broad obscure 

 central ridj^c extending from apex to middle and then 

 birurcatiiif^ towards each basal an^lc, coriuni tbi(;klv punc- 

 tate ; rostrum ocliraceous and reachinjj the posterior coxie. 



Long. 7i\ mm. 



Hab. Queensland ; Peak Downs. 



Mycoolona, gen. nov. 



Head about as long medially as breadth at base between 

 eyes, moderately tiattened, the lateral lobes a little longer 

 tlian the central lol)e, but not converging beyond it, their 

 lateral and apical margins retlexed, the latter sinuate ; eves 

 prominent ; ocelli near base of head, scarcely nearer eyes 

 than to each other ; antcnme of five joints, first not reaching 

 apex of head, second and third joints almost subc(pial in 

 length, each slightly shorter than fourth or fifth, which are 

 also subequal in length ; pronotum about half as long as 

 breadth between pronotal angles, the lateral margins slightly 

 reflexcd, the posterior angles subprominent; scutellum 

 longer than broad, a distinct black impression, longer than 

 broad, in each basal angle ; eorium a little shorter than 

 pronotum and scutellum together; membrane not passing 

 abdominal apex ; rostrum with the first joint not extending 

 behind the buccuUe, its apex about reaching the posterior 

 coxae ; odoriferous aperture continued in a long slender 

 groove. 



Type, M. atricomis, Westw. 



The position of this genus is apparently near that of 

 Anaxarckus, Stal. 



Mycoolona atricornis. 



jElia atrxcornit, Westw. in Hope Cat. i, p. 32 (1837). 



? atricornis, Dist, Proc, Zool. Soc, Load. 1900, p. 818, pi. liii. 



f. 8, 



Hab. Tasmania (Brit. Mus.). " Nova Ilollandia " (Jde 

 Jf'esiwood). 



Two specimens of this species received from Tasmania 

 now afford an opportunity for generic location, the type not 

 being in a suflieicntly ])erfcct condition for that purpose 

 when 1 examined and figured it in 1900. 



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