350 ]\lr. W. L. Distant on Pentatomidee. 



and metastei'na, apical segment of abdomen, tibiae, tarsi, and 

 apices of femora, and apex of rostrum bbiish or blackish 

 blue; antennse with the first joint not reaching apex of 

 head, second and fourth and third and fifth joints subequal 

 in length ; head obscurely punctate and wrinkled; pronotum 

 with the lateral angles a little prominent, the lateral margins 

 sinuate, the anterior angles prominent, sparsely and irregu- 

 larly punctate ; scutellum somewhat coarsely punctate, with 

 a more or less distinct longitudinal levigate line ; corium 

 thickly finely punctate, the basal lateral margin testaceous ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse. 



Var. a. — Pronotum with a prominent, central, oblong, 

 bluish-black spot. 



Var. b. — Resembling var. a, but pronotum with an addi- 

 tional bluish-black spot on each lateral margin. 



Long. 11-12 mm. 



Hab. N. Queensland [Kelsall, Brit. Mus.) ; Cairns (Coll. 

 Dist.) ; near Port Moresby (Coll. Dist.). 



Differs from J. rubricosus, Stal, apart from colour- 

 markings, by the more elongate form, the less strongly 

 punctured pronotum and scutellum, the more sinuate lateral 

 margins of the pronotum, &c. 



Jalloides versicolor, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous, thickly some- 

 what darkly punctate; base of head (broadest near eyes), 

 irregular margins of the cicatrices, and two large spots at 

 base of pronotum black ; apex of scutellum ivory-white ; 

 corium bluish black, some light suffusions and a large round 

 spot near apex testaceous ; membrane blackish, its apex 

 hyaline and passing the abdominal apex ; body beneath and 

 legs pale ochraceous ; sternum more or less punctured and 

 spotted with black, a large black lateral spot on each abdo- 

 minal segment beneath, and a subapical spot of the same 

 colour; antennae pale ochraceous, apical area of the third 

 aud the whole of the fourth and fifth joints black, first joint 

 not reaching apex of head, remaining joints almost subequal 

 in length ; head scarcely punctate except on the dark basal 

 patches near the ocelli ; pronotum and scutellum somewhat 

 sparingly coarsely punctate; corium more thickly and finely 

 punctate ; anterior femoral spine prominent. 



Long. 8^ mm. 



Hab. Queensland; Kuranda {F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 



