On new Oriental Pentatomolded. 481 



j)aitially coiu'calcd uhout base, in front oi' antennae witli 

 snljcontlucnt punctures. Prothorax not nincli lonjicr than 

 wide, sides sli-^litly rounded from base to apical third, and 

 then decreasiug to apex, which is about two-thirds the width 

 of base ; with dense concealed punctures. Elytra al)out 

 one-tliird wider tlian prothora\, and not thrice as long, 

 ab(nit one-third longer than wide ; striate-punctate, but 

 punctures normally concealed ; interstices gently convex, 

 with nuMierous concealed j)uneti'res. 



Lentith (excluding' rostrum) [ mm. 



Hah. New South \\ ales : llhiwarra. 



On the licad and basal half of rostrum the scales are 

 mostly ochreous, willi a few paler spots. On the prothorax 

 they are mostly oehreons brown or sooty, with a pale oblique 

 stripe on e:ieh side, and a less distinct one along the middle. 

 On the sentellum they arc white. On the elytra they are 

 mostly of a dingy brown, but on the apical fourth they are 

 of a rather pale ochreous, bounded anteriorly by a curved 

 sooty line, across the middle there are some whitish spots, 

 accentuating some sooty ones, and on the shoulders and 

 near the scutelluni there are also some whitish and sooty 

 spots. The whitish spots from some directions appear like 

 feel)le fascicles. On the under surface the scahs are almost 

 white, and on the legs they are mostly stramineous. The 

 type is probably a male. 



XL. — Sew Oiientdl Pentatovwidea. 

 By E. Hkkguotii, (J.M.Z.S. 



Fant. ScutelleridaB. 

 Coleolichus ornamentifer, sp. n. 



Eather broadly obovate, shining. Head a little less than 

 linlf the length of pronotum, not quite one-half broader than 

 long, almost impiinetate, laterally a little sinualed soniewliat 

 before the eyes, clypeus slightly passing apex of juga, a 

 little constricted in the middle, posteriorly reaching slightly 

 beyond the level of the middle of the eyes ; ocelli a little 

 over three times more apart from each other than troin eyes, 

 j)laced immediately behind the level of the j)Osterior margins 

 of the eyes; inleiior margin of buccuhe slighily sinuated, 

 first and second joints of anteimaj equal in length, third one- 

 half longer than second, fourth somewhat shorter than second 



