596 Mr. W. L. Distant on Australasian Pentatomidfe. 



coxae, fir>t joint not extending beyond tlie buccula', which 

 are moderately raised and arched, second joint -shorter than 

 fourtli ; abdomen beneath convex ; sternum with a narrow 

 arched process between the anterior and intermediate coxae ; 

 legs of moderate length, posterior femora slightly cnrved 

 and subeqnal in length to posterior tibise ; tarsi three- 

 jointed, posterior tarsi with the first joint almost as long as 

 the second and third together. 



A genus to be placed near Dahira. 



Borrichias taurus, sp. n. 



Dull brownish ochraceous, blackly punctate ; outer mar- 

 gins of the lateral lobes black, their apical areas paler and 

 almost im punctate ; antenna' pale testaceous, first, second, 

 and third joints distinctly mottled with black ; pronotum 

 blackly punctate, tbe lateral margins, margins of the lateral 

 angles, the medial transverse ridge, and the basal margin 

 pale ochraceous, impunctate, the sublateral margins and 

 submarginal lines to lateral angles black ; scutellum irregu- 

 larly sparsely blackly punctate, with a prominent longitudinal 

 medial fascia of dense black punctures not reaching apex, 

 bordered on each side by a pale levigate narrow area ; 

 coiium somewhat thickly darkly punctate, an inner black 

 streak near base of scutellum, and a longitudinal black line 

 on disk ; membrane pale brown ; connexivum with the 

 extreme lateral margins pale levigate ochraceous, inwardly 

 margined with black ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, 

 sternum, lateral areas of abdomen, and the femora thickly 

 blackly punctate; rostrum with the apices of second and 

 third and the whole of the fourth joint black ; other 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 19 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 12^ mm. 



Hab. Centr. Australia ; Hermansburg {H. J. Hillier, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



EupoLEMUs, gen. nov. 



Ovately subelongate ; head longer than broad, central lobe 

 slightly longer than lateral lobes, lateral margins sinuate, 

 moderately narrowing to apex ; antennae with the first joint 

 reaching or slightly passing the apex of the head, second 

 slightly shorter than first or subequal to it, third and fourth 

 subeqnal in length, each longer than fifth ; pronotum nearly 

 twice as broad at base as long, obliquely narrowing to eyes, 

 lateral margins stronglj' refiexed, lateral angles rounded, not 

 produced, anterior margin slightly concave, posterior margin 



