338 Mr. W. L. Distant on Pentatomidae. 



XXXlX.—Rhynchotal Notes.— JAV. By W. L. Distant. 

 PentatomidsB from various Regions. 



MooNTA, gen. nov. 



Body elongate ; head depressed, longer than broad at base, 

 somewhat angularly narrowed and pointed, at apex, moderately 

 deeply inserted at base in the pronotum ; eyes prominent, 

 but not reaching the anterior pronotal angles; antennae 

 pilose, first joint not reaching apex of head, second joint 

 slightly longer than the third, subequal to fourth ; pronotum 

 not quite twice as broad at base as long, the lateral margins 

 rounded, the anterior angles truncate behind eyes, beyond 

 ■which they also project, anterior margin deeply excavate for 

 the reception of head, posterior margin truncate, the disk a 

 little convex ; scutellum much longer than broad, almost as 

 long as head and pronotum together, attenuated to apex, 

 ■which is somewhat flattened and reaching the inner apical 

 angles of the corium ; corium longer than scutellum, apical 

 margin oblique; membrane small, not passing abdominal 

 apex ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse, the second 

 joint in type apparently angularly raised from base, but this 

 character may be artificial ; tibiae strongly spinulose. 



In general appearance this genus resembles the Oriental 

 genus Gampsotes, Sign., from which it is at once distinguished 

 by the shorter rostrum, the narrow pointed head, and the 

 more excavate anterior margin of the pronotum. 



Moonta alexandria, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum shining black, corium 

 more purplish black, membrane pale ochraceous, subhyaline, 

 darker on basal area ; head practically impunctate, the ocelli 

 red, near eyes and far apart from each other ; pronotum 

 sparsely but distinctly punctate on posterior half, the extreme 

 lateral margins acute ; scutellum (excluding base and apex) 

 very coarsely punctate; corium thickly finely punctate; 

 antennae pitchy brown ; anterior and intermediate legs pitchy 

 brown, posterior legs piceous; other structural characters as 

 in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 6 mm. 



Hab. N. Australia ; Alexandria {W. Stalker, Brit. Mus.). 



