Discocephaliiiffi and Pentatomlnse. 425 



llie fourth abdominal segment. Antenna? cast:\neous, bases 

 of the second and third joints (narrowly) and base of the 

 fourth joint (broadly) ochraceous ; tifth joint mutilated. 



Long. 13 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6i millim. 



Hab. Nortii-vvest Australia ; Roebuck Bav. One specimen 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



Genus EUMECOPUS. 

 Eitmecopus co7ispersus. 



Fcecilometis conspersus, Walk. Cat. Ilet. i. p. 209. u. 13 (1867). 



Eumecopus australanim. 



Cimex ausfirtlasicp, Don. Ins. New Holl., Hem. pi. iii. fier. 6 (1805). 

 roecilometis coc/natus, Walk. Cat. Ilet. i. p. 210. n. 14 (1867). 



Eumecopus armatus. 



Cimex armatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 702 (1775). 



I'oscilometts rujiconns, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 208. n. 11 (18G7). 



Pcet-ilometis calidus, \N"alk. loc. cit. n. 12. 



Eumecopus superbus, sp. n. 



Fronotiim, scutellum, membrane, antenme, and legs black; 

 lateral margins and a narrow central fascia to ])ronotuni, apical 

 lateral margins and apex of scutellum, corium, basal areas of 

 femora, basal halves of anterior and intermediate tibife, and less 

 than basal half of posterior tibiae, tarsi, extreme apex of second 

 joint of antennge, rather less than basal halves of third and 

 fourth joints, and fifth joint excluding apex ochraceous. Head 

 ochraceous, with four longitudinal castaneous fasciaj. Body- 

 beneath castaneous, darkest on sternum ; head beneath with 

 longitudinal fascia^, lateral sternal margins, lateral abdo- 

 minal margins, and abdominal central sulcation ochraceous. 



Eostrum reaching fourth abdominal segment; antennge 

 with the first joint about three times and the third joint about 

 four times the length of the second, third and fourth joints 

 subequal in length and considerably longer than fifth. Head 

 with the castaneous fascite excavate and punctate. Pronotum 

 coarsely punctate, excluding the central fascia. Scutellum 

 coarsely punctate and rugulose, its ochraceous apex more 

 sparingly punctate, its extreme apex bifid. Cerium thickly 

 and coarsely punctate. 



Long. 27 millim, ; exp. pronot. angl. 12 millim. 



IJab. Western Australia, Champion Bay [E. II. Saunders), 

 One specimen (Brit. Mus.). 



