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and somewhat upward ; anterior lateral margins coarsely dentate, 

 a somewhat larger and lobate tooth at anterior angle. Scutellum 

 broad, sinuate about centre. Counexivum prominent ; abdomen 

 beneath with a broad central sulcation, which does not extend to 

 apex. 



Otitis varieuatus. (Plate LII. rig. 8.) 



Atelocerus? variegatus Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 21 (1837). 



Hah. Australia : Swan River. 



Plautia fimbriata. 



Gimex fimbriatas Fabr. Mant. ii. p. 295 (1787). 

 Pentatoma fimbriata Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 32 (1837). 



Plautia viridicollis. 



Pentatoma viridicollis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 35 (1837). 

 Plautia viridicollis Leth. & Sev. Cat. Gen. Hem. i. p. 169 

 (1893). 



Pentatoma ineonspicua Ball. List Hem. i. p. 250. n. 42 (1851). 



Cresphontes monsoni. (Plate LII. fig. 6.) 



Raphigaster monsoni Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 31 (1837). 



Cresphontes nigro-maculatus Haglund, Stetfc. ent. Zeit. xxix. 

 p. 157 (1868). 



Westwood recorded a wrong locality ('• Caput Bome Spei") for 

 this species. I have compared the types of both Westwood and 

 Haglund. 



Antestia cruciata. 



Gimex cruciatus Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 714 (1775). 



Pentatoma pantherina Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 34 (1837). 



Westwood undoubtedly was led astray by the wrong habitat 

 " Georgia America 1 " in redescribing this well-known Oriental 

 species. 



Actuarius, gen. nov. 



Body oblong. Head with the lateral lobes considerably longer 

 than the central lobes, and very distinctly cleft at their 

 apices, which are obliquely rounded, their lateral margins mode- 

 rately sinuate ; ocelli situate between the eyes and nearer to them 

 than to each other. Antennas with the second joint a little 

 shorter than either third or fourth, which are subeqnal in length ; 

 rostrum about reaching the posterior coxae, second joint longest, 

 third slightly shorter than the fourth. Pronotum long, moderately 

 convex, the lateral margins sinuate, the posterior angles rounded 

 and subprominent, the anterior angles shortly dentate. Scutellum 

 about half the length of the abdomen, slightly gibbous at base, 

 narrowed towards apex. Corium distinctly moderately widened 

 at about one-third from base ; membrane with longitudinal veins. 



