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the fourth abdominal segment. Antenna? castaneoas, bases 

 of the second and third joints (narrowly) and base of the 

 fourth joint (broadly) ochraceous ; hfrh joint mutilated. 



Long. V6 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 62 millim. 



Hab. North-west Australia ; Roebuck Bav. One specimen 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



Genus EUMECOPUS. 

 Eumecopus conspersus. 



Fcecilotnetis conspersus, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 209. u. 13 (1867). 



Eumecopus australasice. 



Cimex austraJasice, Don. Ins. New HoU., Hem. pi. iii. fig-. 6 (1805). 

 I'oecilometis coi/natus, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 210. n. 14 (1867). 



Eumecopus armatus, 



Cimex armuhis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 702 (1775). 



rcecilometis ruficoriiiti, Walk. Cat. Het. i. p. 208. n. 11 (18G7). 



Pcecilometis calidus, Walk. loc. cit. u. 12. 



Eumecopus superhus, sp. n. 



Pronotuni, scutellum, membrane, antennse, and legs black; 

 lateral margins and a narrow central fascia to pronotum, apical 

 Literal margins and apex of scutellum, corium, basal areas of 

 femora, basal halves of anterior and intermediate tibias, and less 

 than basal half of posterior tibige, tarsi, extreme apex of second 

 joint of antenrije, rather less than basal halves of third and 

 fourth joints, and fifth joint excluding apex ochraceous. Head 

 ochraceous, with four longitudinal castaneous fasciae. Body 

 beneath castaneous, darkest on sternum ; head beneath with 

 longitudinal fascia*, lateral sternal margins, lateral abdo- 

 minal margins, and abdominal central sulcation ochraceous. 



E-ostrum reaching fourth abdominal segment; antennaj 

 with the first joint about three times and the third joint about 

 four times the length of the second, third and fourth joints 

 subequal in length and considerably longer than fifth. Head 

 with the castaneous fascige excavate and punctate. Pronotum 

 coarsely punctate, excluding the central fascia. Scutellum 

 coarsely punctate and rugulose, its ochraceous apex more 

 sparingly punctate, its extreme apex bifid. Corium thickly 

 and coarsely punctate. 



Long. 27 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 12 millim. 



IJab. Western Australia, Champion Bay {E. H. Saunders). 

 One specimen (Brit. Mus.). 



