432 APPENDIX. PENTATOMID^?:. 



Subfamily PENTATOMIN^. (Vol. I, p. 109.) 



Genus ARMATILLUS, uov. 



Type, A. verrucosus, Dist. 



Distribution. Burma. 



Head broad, depressed, subtriangular, the central lobe prominent 

 and slightly projecting ; antennae four-jointed, first joint longest, 

 a little longer than fourth, second longer than third ; rostrum 

 short, about reaching the intermediate coxae, basal joint enclosed 

 in a canal on the under surface of the head ; pronotum transverse, 

 narrowed anteriorly, a transverse callous ridge on anterior area, 

 anterior and posterior margins truncate ; scutellum small, sub- 

 triangular ; corium roundly deflected on each side ; membrane 

 small, not reaching abdominal apex, with a basal cell beyond 

 which the veins are some\^'hat coarse and longitudinal ; abdomen 

 beneath convex, the basal segments sinuate ; femora moderately 

 thickened. 



Ai-matillus in this enumeration may be placed at the commence- 

 ment of the subfamily Pentatominae ; it does not fall in with any 

 of the divisions I have used, and it is unnecessary to propose one 

 for its reception. 



2711. Armatilliis verrucosus, sp. n. 



Dull black ; eyes, two small spots near apex of corium, and the 

 legs testaceous ; tarsi ochraceous ; head thickly finely granulose ; 



Fig. 2()l. — Arma(iUu6 verrucosus. 



pronotum rugulose and punctate, the transverse callous ridge on 

 anterior area almost smooth ; scutellum transversely wrinkled ; 



