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Antennae setaceous. The insect, when living, was probably green, but is now of a yellowish brown; 

 the eyes, head, and thorax being of that colour. One-third of the tegmina, next the tips, is transparent, 

 the remainder being green. In the centre is a yellow spot resembling an eye, encircled with black, 

 whose centre is dark green, with a black margin at top. Wings transparent. Fore-legs yellow-brown. 

 Femora strong, with two rows of spines, and a groove between to receive the tibiae, which are furnished 

 with a strong spine at the tip. Middle and hind legs having a small flap placed at the tips of the 

 femora, and two tibial spurs. 



" This rare and beautiful mantis was found in a savanna." — Smeathman. 



PENTATOMA BICOLORATA. 



Plate XLIII. fig. 2. 



Okdeu : Hemiptera. Subokder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family; Pentatomidse. 



Genus. Pbntatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabricius, Drury. 



Pentatoma Bicolorata. Fusca, pronoti lateribu? in spinam obtusam utrinque productis, scutello versus basin 

 ct ad apicem elytrorumque macula costali fulvis. (Long. Corp. lin. 7.) 



Syn. Cimex rostratus, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



La punaise a sept taches, Stall, pi. 14. Jig. 97. 



Habitat: Sierra Leone (Z)r»ri/). Coast o{ Guinea {Stall). 



Head and eyes brown. Thorax dark yellow in front; the hinder part brown, the sides tenninating 

 in two obtuse spines. Scutellum yellow, brown in the middle. Hemelytra brown, with a yellow spot uii 

 the middle of the anterior edges. Legs yellow-brown, the fore ones having a remarkable spine on the 

 thighs, placed near the tips. Rostrum strong, extending as far as the middle legs. Abdomen with two 

 lateral dark indented lines extending to the anus. 



I have been compelled to propose another specific name for this insect, that given to it 

 by our author being quite inexpressive. 



CERBUS? FLAVEOLUS. 



'^ Plate X Lin. fig. 3. 



Orper : Hemiptera. Suborder; Heteroptera. Section: Geocoi-isa. Family; Coreidse, ieucA. 

 Genus. Cbrbus ? Hahn. Cimex, Drury. 



Cerbus? Flaveolus. Fuscus, pronoti marginibus fasciaque angulata elytroruni fulvis ; abdomine rufo, nigro 

 marginato. (Expans. A\ai\ 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Cimex flaveolus, Drury, App.vol. 3. 

 Habitat ; Sierra Leone. 



Head dark orange. Antennse filiform, four-jointed, about three-fourths the length of the insect. 

 Thorax brown, edged with yellow. Scutellum triangular, not large, brown. Hemelytra brown, one- 

 half of the posterior edge next the body having a yellow line running along it, crossing the middle, and 



