Mr. W. L. Distant on Pentatomidap. 343 



long as scutellum, though its apex passes the apex of scutel- 

 lum, its apical margin roundly oblique ; membrane short, not 

 nearly reaching abdominal apex, the veins simple ; connexi- 

 Tum exposed from about posterior half of corium ; bucculse 

 elevated, outwardly curved and divergent from middle to 

 base of head ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, first 

 joint slightly passing base o£ head, second longest and 

 reaching the intermediate coxse ; sternum centrally longitu- 

 dinally impressed ; tarsi three-jointed, second joint smallest. 

 Allied to Menestheus, Stal, and Paramenestheus, Bredd., 

 from which it principally difiers by the scutellum not longer 

 than broad and with its apex broadly rounded. 



Neomenestheus walkeri, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, somewhat thickly punctate ; head with the 

 lateral margins and the margins of the central lobe distinctly 

 darkly punctate ; antennse with the first, second, and third 

 joints ochraceous, the fourth and fifth joints and apex of first 

 black ; pronotum thickly coarsely punctate, a small black 

 spot near anterior angles, another near middle and sublateral, 

 a third near the lateral angles ; scutellum more distinctly 

 punctate on basal and lateral areas, a small punctate black 

 spot near each basal angle ; corium thickly and more finely 

 punctate; merabranal veins piceous; conuexivum yellowish, 

 ■with small black spots at the segmental incisures ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous, finely punctate ; apices of tarsi 

 black ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. New South Wales ; Sydney (Comm. J. J, Walker, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Genus Agonoscelis. 



Agonoscelis, Spin. Ess. p. 327 (1837). 

 Type, A. nubila, Fabr. 



Agonoscelis antennata, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, coarsely thickly darkly punctate, the 

 lateral lobes slightly out"« ardly projecting beyond the central 

 lobe, which, being less punctate, is paler in hue ; antennse 

 black, the basal joint more or less, and the remaining joints 

 distinctly, basally pale ochraceous, first joint not reaching 

 apex of head, second, fourth, and fifth longest and subequal 

 in length ; pronotum dull obscure ochraceous, somewhat 

 coarsely darkly punctate, anterior lateral margins impunctate 



