Contributions to a Knowledge, of the, Rhynchota. 589 



Head glabrous ; pronotum obscurely punctate ; corium thickly and 

 finely punctate ; body beneath levigate. 

 Long. 15 millim. 



Hob. near Poet Moresby. 



Allied to S. circumsepta, Stal., from which it is distin- 

 guished by the levigate and fasciate under surface of the 

 body. 



Dindymus obesus, sp. n. 



Reddish-ochraceous ; scutellum, and basal area of abdomen beneath 

 — the last centrally extending for about half its length and nowhere 

 reaching the lateral margins — black ; apical joint of antennas ochr- 

 aceous, its extreme apex fuscous ; apex of scutellum reddish-ochr- 

 aceous ; membrane ochraceous ; sternum, excluding lateral margins, 

 a little darker in hue. 



Abdomen very gibbous beneath, its sides moderately compressed ; 

 pronotum with the lateral margins strongly reflexed, inwardly bor- 

 dered with some coarse punctures, anterior area gibbous and pos- 

 teriorly defined by a transverse series of coarse punctures ; scutellum 

 with a transverse discal lunate ridge ; corium with clavus thickly 

 punctate. 



Long. 16 millim. Max. abdom. exp. 7 millim. 



Hab. Sumatra (H. 0. Forbes). 



Dindymus famosus, sp. n. 



Black ; posterior lobe of pronotum dark castaneous ; scutellum 

 luteous, its base narrowly black ; corium and abdomen beneath red- 

 dish-ochraceous ; membrane black with a large central transverse 

 ochraceous fascia. 



Antennas with the first joint much longer than the second — 

 remainder mutilated ; pronotum with the lateral margins somewhat 

 strongly reflexed, head and anterior pronotal lobe levigate ; posterior 

 pronotal lobe somewhat coarsely punctate ; corium almost impunc- 

 tate, clavus distinctly punctate ; body beneath impunctate. 



Long. 13 millim. 



Hah. Duke York Island. 



Scantius obscurus, sp. n. 



Dark piceous, unicolorous, a little paler or dark castaneous beneath. 

 Above thickly but very finely punctate ; pronotum with a broad 

 central ridge on anterior disk, its lateral margins slightly reflexed ; 



