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upon the middle, one interrupted each side, with an anterior acute point be- 

 hind the middle and a transverse, roundish spot before the apex black ; venter 

 violaceous, the middle with a large sanguineous spot, common to the antepe- 

 nultimate a d preceding segments; caudal segment, except the anus, red, seg- 

 ments 1 to 4 with a transverse, lateral carmine spot, the two posterior of which 

 are obsoletely connected with the discal spot, penultimate one at sides broadly 

 carmine through their marginal length, with an impression each side against 

 the stigmata; pectus punctured, violaceous and black, a rounded spot upon 

 the sides of the anterior and posterior segments; legs black, yellowish pubes- 

 cent. 



Length 10 11 lines. Humeral breadth 5 5J. Simoda, Japan. 



One specimen differs in having the anterior band of the scutellum interrupted 

 each side of the middle, so as to form three spots. 



Peltophora, Burm. 

 P. p i c t a , Leach, Zool. Misc. Hong Kong. 



Graphosoma, Lap. 



G. rubro-lineatum, Hope, Cat. Hemipt , p. 12. Hakodadi and Taka- 

 nosima, Japan. 



PENTATOMOIDEA. 



Brachypelta, Amyot et Serv. 



B. elevata . Black, shining, broad, ovate ; head roughly punctured, finely 

 emarginate, rounded, margins reflexed, lateral lobes meeting in front of the mid- 

 dle one ; thorax short, transverse, finely but roughly punctured, sides subparallel, 

 margins trenchant, ciliate, anterior angles rather abruptly rounded, behind the 

 head a deep lunulate depression, bounded posteriorly by a very much elevated 

 prominence, which is rather smoother than the surrounding surface, posterior 

 margin truncate ; scutellum finely, rather sparsely punctured, depressed behind 

 the middle to the tip, against the basal corners more elevated and polished ; 

 hemelytra finely, closely punctured, corium sinuated, ciliated at the basal mar- 

 gins, membranes testaceo-hyaline ; abdomen slightly dilated, convex beneath, 

 margins trenchant, projecting a little beyond the breadth of the corium poste- 

 riorly ; venter polished ; legs black, polished, femorae ciliate, each with a line 

 of impressed punctures upon the anterior surface, tibiae very spinous, exterior, 

 spiniform teeth of the anterior ones, subequal. 



Length 10 12 millim. Abdominal breadth 5 7. Cape of Good Hope. 



This species is very closely related to and possesses many of the characters of 

 B. t r i s t i s , Fab. ; it may be distinguished at a single glance, however, from that 

 common species, by the proportionately shorter and less, laterally, oblique 

 thorax, and by the abdomen being much broader than the thorax. 



Acatalectos, Dallas. 



A. magnus 9 Black, shining, punctured ; head rounded, emarginate, with 

 the anterior margin narrowly recurved, lateral lobes meeting by a point of their 

 surface, in front of the middle one, coarsely and deeply rugose-punctate, eyes 

 testaceous, ocelli reddish, antennae piceous pubescent, terminal joints paler, 

 rostrum pitchy black, second joint thickened ; thorax subquadrate, anterior 

 angles a little oblique and rounded, behind the head a slightly elevated, irregu- 

 larly crescent-formed surface, smooth and impunctate, remaining surface very 

 deeply, coarsely and confluently punctured, a series of very fine punctures 

 against the lateral margins, basal margin subtruncate, smooth, with a very few 

 coarse punctures ; scutellum polished, rugosely punctured, impunctured at the 

 apex ; corium subopake, very finely and closely punctured, membrane fuligin- 

 ous, subopake, freckled with spots of yellow, beneath scabrescently punctured, 

 venter densely so, its disk polished, impunctured, margins trenchant; legs 

 deep black, polished, anterior and middle femoras ciliated beneath with a row 



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