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Pomci Sodomitica. 
festatoris. Caput cum antennis nlgris, harum apice extremo 
subpallidioribus articulisque duobus basalibus subtiis inter- 
dum flavis, clypeo in medio rufescenti, palpis albidis. Thorax 
niger, confertissime punctatus, scutello semicirculari. Pedes 
quatuor antici rufi, femoribus basi pallidioribus, coxis albidis, 
tarsorum apice fusco ; pedes 2 postici coxis femoribusque rufis, 
horum apice extremo fuscescenti, tibiis tarsisque fuscis, illarum 
basi subalbido fasciaque lata centrali pallide fuscis. Alee hyalinae 
vix fumatae, nervis fuscis, stigmateque nigro, areola subtrian- 
gulari, antice baud appendiculata. Abdomen feminae, capite cum 
thorace dimidio longius, fere thoracis latitudine, subcylindricum, 
nigrum, punctatum, segmentorum margine et tuberculo laterali 
elevato nitidioribus, segmento lmo subquadrato, angulis anticis 
rotundatis, utrinque impressione obliqua notato ; 2ndo latitu- 
dine dimidio longiori ; Stio quadrato segmentisque sequentibus 
brevioribus et longitudine decrescentibus. Oviductus corpore 
toto dimidio longior, vaginis nigris subhirtis, terebra pallida. 
(J. O. W.) 
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES. 
PLATE III. 
Fig. 1. The Dead-Sea Apple of the natural size suspended from a twig and ex- 
hibiting the mode of suspension. 
Fig. 2. The same opened. 
Fig. 3. One of the larger leaves of the tree upon which it is found. 
Fig. 4. Cynips insanu. 
Fig. 5. Ephialtes Sodomiticus. 
IV. Descriptions of several new Species of exotic Hemip- 
terous Insects. By J. O. Westwood, F. L. S., fyc. 
[Read November 2, 1835.] 
Ordo HEMIPTERA. 
Sub-Ordo Heteropterita, Kirby. 
Sectio Terrestria. 
Familia Pentatomid^e. 
Genus. Eumetopia. Plate II. fig. 4. 
Scutcllcrcc affinis. Corpus parvum, obovatum ; abdomine scutello 
fere obtecto. 
Caput breve, transversum, angulis anticis ante oculos productis et 
interne curvatis, clypeoque in medio in lobum parvum qua- 
