134 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Pseudochromis caudaJis. 



Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3|. 

 Snout as long as diameter of eye, which is 4^ times in length 

 of head and slightly exceeds interorbital width ; maxillary 

 extending to below centre of eye ; 6 series of small scales 

 on the cheek ; large scales on the opercle. Dorsal III 27; 

 longest soft rays \ length of head. Pectoral f length of 

 head, a little longer than ventral. Anal III 16. Caudal 

 truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 55 j^ ; 

 lat. 1. ^. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; a black spot on 

 the opercle, close to the upper extremity of the prjeopercular 

 border ; fins greyish white ; two black streaks on the caudal, 

 near the upper and lower borders. 



Total length 100 millim. 



A single specimen. 



I seize this opportunity for pointing out that the Salarias 

 named by me, in a recent note on Mr. Townsend's collections, 

 S. curtus, has been described twice before, viz. as S. opercu- 

 laris by J. A. Murray (Journ. Bomb. N. H. Soc. ii. 1887, 

 p. 48) and as S. Neilli by Day (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, 

 p. 263). The species is common at Kurrachee, and its range 

 extends to the Persian Gulf. 



XXI. — Descriptions of new Species of Ilemiptera-Heteroptera. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Pentatomidae. 

 Phyllocefhalin^. 



Storthogaster Junodi^ sp. n. 



Bright golden yellow; membrane and connexivum pale 

 dull ochraceous. Antenna yellow, with the apex of the last 

 joint black. Head with a small elongate black spot at the 

 apex of central lobe, eyes piceous. Pronotum with a broad 

 purplish-red basal fascia, strongly indented at centre and 

 narrowing towards outer angles, containing coarse black 

 punctures, which are confluent on its anterior margin ; outer 

 angles acute and marked with a linear black fascia ; two 

 small black spots on anterior margin near head. Scuteilum 



