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recorded from anywhere since the publication of the 
species (1892), and in fact Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy in his Cat. 
Hem. (Het.) Vol. I Cimicidae, published 1909, only refers 
to Berg’s records, and he places it under „Pentatominae 
of uncertain position.“ 
While collecting in the Province of Mendoza I had the 
good fortune of securing a single specimen of this remark- 
able species, probably taken near Estacion Santa Rosa 
1905. The specimen is in a rather bad condition (antenne 
wanting, legs mutilated) and has had the bad luck of 
being put together with other things, 
which I at that time have considered not Ci 
being worth much; it has, therefore, not & Jade 
been provided with exact date and loca- 
lity. But in spite of its being defective it 
- serves well for figuring its habitus. From 
the adjoined figure it may be seen that 
C. Berg was right in calling attention to 
the fact that the form of the pronotum Fig. 2. Lobepomis 
in L. peltifera is not unlike that of the ee Bae 
Indian Placosternum taurus F., as figured a 
by Herr.-Schaff. (Wanz. Ins. fig. 1002). To Bergs descrip- 
tion I may add that the robust tibie are very much 
shorter than the femora. Membrane with 5 simple nerves. 
I have figured the species in the hope that one or 
another hemipterist may be interested in placing the L. 
peltifera in its right, systematical position, if perfect and 
clean materal might come at hand. 
5. On the Genus Agonoscelis Spin. 
The genus Agonoscelis is not a large one and contains 
mainly African species; in Kirkaldy’s Catalogue (1909) 12 
species are enumerated, and among these there are but 
two Indian and one Indo-Australian species. In the year 
1904 Dr. G. Horvath tabulated the African species (Ann. 
Mus. Nat. Hung. pag. 261—262) and described a new one. 
