HEMFPTKUA IIKTP.ROrTERA. 5;"i9 



semicircles, of wliich tlie middle one is in advance of ilic oilier two. 

 Sciitellum with llnee wLile spot>> al tlie ba>e, with a larijer while spot on 

 each side in the disk, and with a notched and curved white band on the 

 tip, which is broad and rounded. Pecins with sonic transverse wiiite streaks 

 on each side. Ahelonun beneath with two abbreviated macnlar white stripes 

 and with while nundinal sjjols ; ventral spine white, extending; lo tlie middle 

 coxin. Fore wind's with a white costa and wilh a while spot in the disk 

 beyond the middle; membrane cinereons. Lenglh of the body 2^ lines. 



Most allied to A. hjihrodes, from which species it differs much in 

 colour and in markings. 



a. Nalal. From M. Gueinzius' colieclion. 



Antestia megaspila. 



JEneo-nigra, dense el sublililer punctata ; caput strigis tribus anticis 

 qualunrque ))osticis Ititeis ; antcnnte lutea, apice picece ; thorax atoinis, 

 linea Iransvi'isa anteriore gutlisqne duabuf adhuc antcrioribus lutein; 

 srutelliiin atomis nonnunqunm obaolelix plagisque tribus magnis luleis ; 

 pectus luleo plagiatutn ; venter vitlis quatuor macularibus lutcis ; 

 pedes lutei,/<)n(>ribus nigra unifascialis ; alee anticce luteo coiisperscc, 

 membrana pellucida. 

 .Slneoiis-black, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured. Head 

 with four longitudinal luteous streaks between the eyes and with three in 

 front, of which the middle one is inlerrujited and the others are curved. 

 Eyes piueous, bordered wilh luteous. llostruin and anlennie luteous, the 

 latter pieeous towards the lips. Thorax more or less thickly speekietl wilh 

 luteous except on each side and in front; an irregular transverse luteous 

 line contiguous to two anterior transverse calli, each of which includes two 

 luteous dots. Scutellum occasionally luleous-speckled, broad and rounded 

 at the tip; three large luteous patches, two at the base,. the third black- 

 speckled and apical. Pectus with luteous patches. Abdomen beneath wilh 

 four more or less macular luteous stripes; ventral spine luteous, extending 

 10 the middle coxje. Legs luteous ; femora wilh an irregular interrupted 

 snbapical black band. Fore wings speckled with luteous ; membrane 

 colourless. Length of the body 2 — 2^ lines. 

 a—c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 d. North Ohina. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Page 288. 

 Pentatoma semivittata. 

 semiviitata, ll.-Sck. Wanz. Ins. vii. 100, pi. 246, f. 766. 

 a. Illinois. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Page 298. 



Pentatoma cincticollis. 



cinclicoUis, Schaum, Ikric/U Kon. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 18j3, .057. 



Peter's Reise Moz. 40, pi. 2, f. 4. 

 Mozambique. 



