Mr. W. L. Distant on Ausfnthisian Peiitatoiuidae. 601 



Mochus Jortis, sp. ii. 



Head and pronotum testaceous, coarsely darkly punctate; 

 basal area of head, basal marginal area of pronotum (in- 

 cluding the lateral angles), and the areas of the pronotal 

 cicatrices black, the anterior half of the i)ronotal lateral areas 

 sul)hyalinc, talc-like ; scutcUum black on basal and ochra- 

 ccous on apical area, both coarsely ])unctate, the middle 

 disk macularly stramineous and impunctate ; corium pale 

 testaceous, thickly, coarsely, darkly punctate, the apical area 

 distinctly paler, and a levigate ochraccous spot on posterior 

 disk ; membrane greyish, the longitudinal veins prominent ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraccous, sternum and submarginal 

 areas to abdomen more or less eastaneous, apical margin 

 black ; sternum coarsely punctate ; other structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 8^ mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. Gi mm. 



Hab. Queensland {F. P. Dodd, Brit' Mus.). 



Hi ARC HAS, gen. nov. 



Head a little longer than broad, narrowed anteriorly, the 

 central lobe slightly longer than the lateral lobes, which are 

 outwardly moderately sinuate and rcHcxcd ; eyes not pro- 

 jecting beyond the anterior angles of the pronotum ; ocelli 

 nearer eyes than to each other ; antcnnic robust, first joint 

 passing apex of head, second longest, third, fourth, and fifth 

 almost subequal iu length, but fourth and fifth distinctly 

 incrassate ; pronotum about half as long as width at base, 

 the lateral margins oblique, slightly rounded, a little reflexed, 

 anterior margin strongly concave for the reception of the 

 head, lateral angles subangularly rounded, posterior margin 

 truncate before scutellum, posterior angles a little obliquely 

 rouiuled ; scutellum longer than broad at base, distinctly 

 narrowed at about one-third before apex; corium about as 

 long as pronotum and scutellum together, at base of lateral 

 margins a little ampliate, ajjical margins oblique, slightly 

 sinuate ; membrane passing abdominal apex ; rostrum robust, 

 extending to between the anterior and intermediate coxae, 

 l)uccu]iE elevated, first rostral joint short, not extending 

 beyond apical half of head, second about reaching base of 

 l)cad, third extending to the anterior coxae ; prosternum 

 broadly sulcatc, ventral spine scarcely or slightly passing the 

 antiT;or coxae ; tarsi two-jointed. 



Type, H. crassicornis, AValk. 



Ann. ft- Mag. X. Hist. ^Ser. 8. Vol. vi. 40 



