560 CATALOGUE OF 
PENTATOMA IMMUNIS. 
Testacea, longi-elliptica, dense et subtiliter punctata; caput nigro mar- 
ginatum; thorax fusco bipunctatus, lateribus subrufescentibus, 
ungulis posticis acutis subproductis ; scutellum punetis duobus basali- 
bus punctoque apicali nigris; ale antice disco subrufescente, mem- 
brana cinerea. 
Testaceous, elongate-elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, a little 
paler beneath. Head elongate, much rounded in front, very narrowly 
bordered with black. Eyes black, rather prominent. Rostrum extending 
very little beyond the hind coxe; tip black. Antenne slender; joints from 
the first to the fourth successively increasing in length; first reaching 
nearly to the front of the head; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. 
Thorax with a brown point on each side in the disk behind the two trans- 
verse calli; a reddish tinge along the straight sides; hind angles acute, 
rather prominent. Scutellum with a black point on each basal angle and 
with another at the tip, towards which it is attenuated. Legs slender. Fore 
wings with a slight reddish tinge in the disk; membrane cinereous. Length 
of the body 6 lines. 
Allied to Pentatoma (Veterna) natalensis, Stal. It may be distinguished 
from P. corticina and from P. pavida by the more acute hind angles of the 
thorax. 
a. Cape. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 
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PENTATOMA OBTUSA. 
Fulva, sat lata, dense et subtiliter fusco punctata, subtus viridi-flava ; 
capitis lobi laterales lobum medium paullo superantes; antenne 
saturate ruf@, basi pallide testacee, apice picee; thoracis cornua 
nigricantia, rotundata, brevissima, latissima; latera antica sub- 
yx dentata ; pedes nigro consperst ; membrana pellucida. 
Tawny, rather broad, thickly and minutely punctured, pale greenish 
yellow beneath ; punctures brown. Head elongate, rounded in front, with 
some smooth calli on the hind border; lateral lobes extending a little 
beyond the middle lobe. Antennz deep red ; first joint pale testaceous at 
the base; joints from the second to the fifth successively increasing in 
length; fourth and fifth piceous, red at the base. Thorax with a transverse 
callus on each side in front; hind angles blackish, forming two short 
rounded and very broad horns; sides slightly dentate near the fore border. 
Scutellum rounded at the tip. Legs minutely speckled with black. Mem- 
brane colourless. Length of the body 6 lines. 
__ This is a species of Pentatoma, though the sides of the thorax are 
slightly notched in front like those of Huchistus. 
a. Japan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
