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capitis et margine basali pronoti plus minusve distincte obscure fusco-purpureis, 

 iateribus corporis continuatim rotundatis, mesonoto apice, margine oonnexivi apicem 

 versus segmentoque ultimo ventrali pube subtilissime alba pubi ordinarise atrae im- 

 mixta prssditis. Caput pronoto medio duplo et dimidio longius, pilis paucissimis 

 longiusculis exsertis praeditum, antemiis dimidio corpori subaequilongis, subnitidis, 

 subtilissime albo-puberulis, articulo primo et ultimo mediis pauUo crassioribus. 

 Pronotum longifcudine media quintuplo latius, Iateribus quam medio duplo longius. 

 Mesonotum subseque longum ac latum. Abdomen dorso subglabrum, angulo apicali 

 segmenti ultimi connexivi obtuso, pilis aliquot lougioribus pallidis vestito. Pedes 

 longiusculi, subnitidi, fusco-nigri, subtilissime albo-puberuli. Long., 2 mm. 



Cartier Island, Timor Sea, about 175 miles (Eng.) from Cape Bou- 

 gainville and Cape Voltaire on the mainland of N. W. Australia, and 

 about 110 miles (Eng.) from Eotti Island, near Timor. Mr. Walker 

 found several specimens under blocks of coral, below bigh-v^ater mark. 



In the Ent. Mo. Mag., xxvii, p. 235, Mr. Walker writes on the 

 capture of this insect — 



" Cartier is a mere sand bank, less than half a mile in length, and destitute of 

 even the smallest trace of vegetation, but it is surrounded by an extensive coral reef, 

 over vs^hich I had to walk, through water two feet and a half in depth, for a mile and 

 a half, and pretty hard work, too, I found it. There was, of course, nothing to do 

 on the Islet except to look for shells, of which I found a good many, and while 

 looking for these I met with a very cui'ious and interesting little Hemipteron (I 

 fancy of the genus Salobatodes) inhabiting the sand beneath stones near low- water 

 mark, cl la J£pys." 



Judging by the habits of this insect, it has presumably no v^^inged 

 form, as the use of wings to it seems rather problematical. The dense 

 velvety clothing of the body makes it possibly capable of retaining air 

 and breathing for some time, even when submerged at high water. It 

 is probably the only insect of Cartier Island. 



ACANTHIA SALINA, sp. n. 

 Ovalis, fusco-nigricans, supra brevissime fusco-pilosula, capite, pronoto scu- 

 telloque nitidulis, hemelytris opacis, macula lateral! pronoti autrorsum et retrorsum 

 secundum marginem angustius continuata, limbis lateralibus posticis scutelli signum 

 V"foi'me apicale reddentibus, vitta postica clavi, margine lateral!, macula media 

 maculaque prope angulum apicalem internum corii, limbo acetabulorum, limbo 

 postico metasterni, margine apicali segmentorum veutralium pedibusque, ssepe etiam 

 fronte, sordide flavidis, femoribus, apice excepto, apiceque tarsorum infuscatis. Caput 

 cum oculis apice pronoti distincte latius, pronoto medio longius, fronte utrinque linea 

 obliqua impressa nigrina impressioneque media postica brevissima longitudinal! 

 praedita, antennis concoloribus, puberulis, articulo primo diametro transverse oculi 

 superne visi subsequali, setulis aliquot exsertis instructo, articulo secundo primo 

 duplo et dimidio longiore, tertio primo fere dimidio longiore, quarto tertio tertia 

 parte breviore. Prouotum et scutellum subalutacea, Iateribus illius subrectis. Heme* 



