Mr. W. L. Distaiil on Auslralasian Pentatomidie. /iflli 



tluir apices ilistiuctly curved backward ; seutelliim sorne- 

 wliat thickly punctate, more coarsidy so on basal area ; 

 coriuin thickly coarsely punctate; prostcruuni thickly jiunc- 

 tate ; other structural characters as in {generic diagu(jsis. 



Ijouij:. 10^ mm.; exp. pronot. an^l. H mm. 



IJiib. Queensland {F. l\ Doild, Hrit. Mus.). 



Genus Vitellus. 

 Viteiltut, Sl&l, -\uu. Soc. Knt. Fr. (4) v. p. 170 (1807). 



Type, r'. iusiilaris, Stal. 



Vitt'llus boviUus, sp. n. 



Olivaceous green ; head, anterior marginal area of pro- 

 notum, Ijody beneath, and lei;s much paler, either |)alc 

 oehra-'eous or pale vircsecnt ; antenme with the first and 

 second joints oehraeeous, third, fourth, and iifth infuscate, 

 first not nearly reaciiing apex of head, second longer than 

 first, shorter than third; third, fourth, and tilth almost sub- 

 ecjual in length ; head distinctly transversely wrinkled ; 

 pronotum somewhat regularly punctate about two-thirds 

 from base, the anterior third iinijunetatc, with a transverse 

 series of punctures behind the anterior margin but not 

 extending to the anterior angles, lateral angles long and 

 moderately recurved, about as long as breadth of scutellum 

 at base, black above and red beneath ; scutellum sj)arsely 

 irregularly punctate, more thickly so on apical area; coriuui 

 coars<ly punctate, red at basal angle; membrane shining 

 brown ; rostrum ju>t passing the posterior coxie, its apex 

 black; a black spot before the odoriferous apertures ; apical 

 abdominal spines black, beneath red at base. 



Long. 13-14 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 12-13 mm. 



Hub. Queensland ( /•'. F. Dodd, Hrit. Mus.). 



By the general shape and structure of the lateral pronotal 

 nn^'lcs this species is allied to the Celebcsian V. strenuus, 

 Walk., but in the latter the rostrum reaches the third abdo- 

 minal segment ; from the description of Walker it also 

 stems to be allied to his V. riifolinea. 



Vitellus taurus, sp. n. 



Ihight olivaceous green ; lateral pronotal angles piceous, 

 tlicir apices testaceous red; base of apical margin and a few 

 small spots at Ijase of corium oehraeeous ; a{)ieal abdominal 

 spines reddish oehraeeous, their inner margins narrowly 

 black ; body beneath and legs pale viresccut, inclining to 



