PENTATOMA SPECTABILIS. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 4. 



Order: Hemiptera. Suborder; Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: PentatomidsB. 



Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury. 



Pentatoma Spectabilis. Capite rufescenti postice nigro, pronoto albido, antice maculisque duabus posticis 

 nigris, scutello et corio albiclis fasciS, lata communi membranaque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp. 7J lin.) 



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



Habitat : Brazil. 



Head red. Eyes, neck, and antennas black. Thorax cream-coloured, edged in front with black, 

 having two small black spots on the shoulders, and two larger on the hinder part, which are continued 

 on the front of the scutellum, which is large and triangular; the tip being cream colour, the middle 

 having a broad black band crossing it and the hemelytra, which are cream-coloured at the base, the 

 hinder part being black. Beneath red, with small black spots along the sides. Rostrum long and black, 

 extending below the hinder legs. Thighs red, the tibiae and tarsi black. 



PENTATOMA RUTILANS. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 5. 



Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section: Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidae. 



Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury. 



Pentatoma Rutilans. Cyanea aut viridi tenea, prouoti fascia transversa dntic^, scutelli apice elytrorumque 

 basi interne sanguineis, abdomine sanguineo maculis marginalibus pedibusque nigris. (Long Corjj. 

 1 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Edessa rutilans, Fabr. Syst. Rh. 151. 25. 



Cimex anchorage, Drury, App. vol. 3. (nee Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 86. 25.) 



Habitat: Sierra Leone. 



Head dark blue. Antennse black. Thorax deep shining mazarine blue, the fore part with a scarlet 

 transverse streak. Scutellum triangular, appearing swelled in the fore part, which is of a dark greenish 

 blue, the hinder part being scarlet, and continued along the edges up to the shoulders. Hemelytra dark 

 blueish green. Abdomen scarlet, edged with dark blue spots. Rostrum black, extending to the hinder 

 legs. Beneath deep yellowish flesh-colour, spotted on the sides with blue. Legs black. 



PENTATOMA REGIA. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 6. 



Order: Hemiptera. Suborder: Heteroptera. Section; Geocorisa. Family: Pentatomidae. 

 Genus. Pentatoma, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury. 



Pentatoma Begia. Lutea ; capite, pronoti maculis duabus oblongis, scutelli basi, elytrorum macula centrali 

 membranaque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp. lin 7^.) 



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



Pentatoma catena var. vel sexus alter ? Drury, in text. 



Habitat : Brazil. 



