352. Mr. W. L. Distant 07i Pentatomidje. 



subequal ; pronotum brownish ocliraceous, very coarsely 

 darkly punctate, the lateral margins entire, not crenulate, 

 somewhat broadly pale ochraceous and almost impunctate, 

 the lateral angles black, robust, moderately longly and almost 

 straightly produced, a more or less distinct central longitu- 

 dinal ridge ; scutellum brownish ochraceous, coarsely darkly 

 punctate, with a central longitudinal ridge, the apex more or 

 less pale ochraceous and darkly punctate, the apex broad, 

 truncately rounded ; corium brownish ochraceous, thickly 

 but more' finely punctate, in some specimens suUused with 

 greenish, the apical margin narrowly ])ale levigate ; mem- 

 brane bronzy brown, with a large pal^e spot on the lateral 

 and a smaller spot on the apical margins pale hyaline; body 

 beneath ochraceous, darkly punctate, here and there suffused 

 with greenish, a more or less distinct central longitudinal 

 series of blackish spots to abdomen; legs ochraceous, apices 

 of femora and bases and apices of tibiaj more or less 

 brownish, anterior tibiae not dilated with a distinct spine 

 beyond middle, anterior femora with a moderately long 

 spine near apex ; rosta-um reaching the posterior coxae. 



Long., ^ ? , 9-13 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6-7 mm. 



Hab. Queensland ; INIackay (-R. E. Turner, Brit. Mus.) ; 

 TownsNille (F. P. Dodd, Brit". Mus.). 



Allied to P. melacanthus, Boisd.; apices of prouotal lateral 

 angles entire, not notched, &c. 



Janeikona^ gen. nov. 



Subelongate ; head longer than broad between eyes, the 

 lateral margins distinctly, somewhat strongly retiexed, lateral 

 lobes passing the apex of the central lobe but not meeting 

 beyond it, their apices truncate; ocelli near base, a little 

 nearer to eyes than to each other, a distinct spine before eyes 

 on each antenniferous tubei^cle ; antennae pilose, basal joint 

 globosely incrassated, slightly shorter than head, but longly 

 passing it, second joint about three times as long as first, 

 considerably longer than third (remaining joints mutilated, 

 in typical specimen) ; pronotum about twice as broad at 

 base as long, the anterior angles moderately obtusely trans- 

 versely prominent, lateral nsargins oblique, lateral angles 

 subprominent, posterior margin truncate, anterior margin 

 moderately concave; scutellum much longer than broad, 

 the apical thii'd moderately attenuated, the apex subangulate 

 and reaching or slightly passing the inner apical angle of the 

 corium, a little depressed behind middle ; corium elongate, 

 its apical angle distinctly produced ; membrane slightly 



