— 165 — 



articulo secundo tertio tertia parte breviore, articulo tertio 

 apice nigro-fusco; tlioracis marginibus lateralibus anticis in- 

 tegris, rectis, acutis, angulis lateralibus vix prominulis, apice 

 rotundatis; scutello basi maculis nonnullis parvis obsoletis 

 pallidis, Iseviusculis, et in angulis basalibus impressione minu- 

 tissima nigra instructo; membrana subinfuscata, lineolis vel 

 maculis parvis, venas occupantibus, in series tres transversas 

 arcuatas dispositis, fuscis ornata; abdomine dorso subviolaceo- 

 fusco, connexivo subaeneo-nigro vel fusco, dense punctato, 

 segmentis medio macula parva marginali, interdum deficiente, 

 pallida notatis; pedibus fusco-conspersis. o^. ^. Lonw. 13 — 

 15^, Lat. 71— 8i mill. 



Pentatoma refiexa SiGN. in TliOMS. Arch. ent. II. p. 284. 

 528. (1858). 



Patria: Calabar. (Coll. SiGNORET et Stal.) 



P. annulicorni affinis, latior, obscurior, subtilius et densius pun- 

 ctata, capite latiore, antennis gracilioribus, colore picturaque con- 

 nexivi differt; segmento anali raaris maximo. 



Spccimen feraininum maxiraura, obscurura, subtus deusius pun- 

 ctatum, ventre medio vitta lata nigricante ornato, antennis nigri- 

 cantibus, articulis quarto et quinto basi pallidis, thoracisque raargi- 

 nibus lateralibus anticis leviter subrotundatis instructum, vix specifice 

 distinctum, raisit amicissimus Signoret. 



aa. Ventris margine maculis parvis nigris, angulos apicales 

 segmentorum occupantihus^ notato; femoribus pone medium maculis 

 trihus parvis nigris ornatis; corpore parvo. 



d. Ahdominis dorso fulvescente vel lutescente. 

 43. P. (Cappxa) apicalis H. ScH. — Ovalis, dilute olivaceo-stra- 

 minea vel olivaceo-albida, remote fusco-punctata, subtus pal- 

 lidior et parcius punctata; antennis infuscatis; capite thora- 

 ceque anterius modice declivibus, hujus marginibus lateralibus 

 anticis rectis, integris, subacutis, angulis lateralibus rotun- 

 datis, haud prominulis; scutello apice flavescente vel fulve- 

 scente, in angulis basalibus impressione minutissima nigra 

 notato; membrana levissime infuscata, fusco-venosa; abdo- 

 minis dorso lutescente, macula posteriore nigro-fusca; con- 



