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-whitish, shaded with dusky; iu the centre an interrupted, faint 

 whitish line ; at each basal angle a large, ovate, oblique, shining 

 white nodule, Elytra : Corium whitish, shaded with brown ; Metn- 

 Irane brownish. Sternum strongly punctured, luteous, the sides 

 more or less black. Legs pale yellow ; thiglis with black-brown 

 punctures in rows, and beyond the middle with a large sub-annular 

 black spot ; tihicB more or less black-punctured in rows, and two 

 larger spots on the outer side near the base ; tarsi piceous, the base 

 of each joint paler. 



Abdomen above black, beneath finely punctured, coppery-black, 

 laterally with a regular, broad yellowish band, and more centrally on 

 the posterior segments with an irregular broad yellowish band; 

 stigmata black ; Connexivum above, externally yellow, with narrow 

 black interruptions ; internally black ; beneath yellow with narrow 

 black intervals. 



Length, 2\ — 3 lines. 



Scarce. New Forest {Bev. T. A. MarshaU). 



Genus 2. — Pentatoma, Latr. 

 Oval, sub triangular iu front. 



Head elongate; Face widened before the eyes, then gradually 

 narrower and rounded to the apex; side lobes wide, central lobe 

 narrow. Antennce moderate or slender. Eyes moderate. Ocelli 

 small. Bostrum 4-jointed, slender, reaching at least to the 2nd pair 

 of coxse, 2nd joint longest ; rostral channel shallow, sides a little 

 produced in front. 



Thorax. — Pronotum very broad, subconvex, hexangular, hinder 

 angles rounded, or sometimes much produced. Scutellum at least 

 I the length of the abdomen, subtriangular, base convex, sides 

 sinuate, being constricted beyond the middle. Elytra generally 

 not covering the connexivum ; Corium, outer margin rounded, pos- 

 terior margin straight or rounded; Memlrane with 7 — 9 nerves. 

 Sternum : Prosternum ; on each side a transverse channel ; Meso- 

 sternum with a slight keel. Leys moderate ; tihice outwardly with 

 the margins reflexed, forming a long channel; tarsi; 1st and 3rd 

 joints in length subequal, or the 1st longest, 2ud short. 



Abdomen, above subconvex, beneath convex ; Connexivum generally 

 recurved. 



