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NOTE ON THE GENUS BATHYCŒLIA AM. S. 

 (HEM., PENTATOMID.'Ej 



bj E. Kergrolli 



Herrich-Schâffer founded bis genus Gastraulax on two species, 

 the second of which, thalassina H. Sch., admittedly belongs to Ba- 

 thycœlia. For a very closely allied genus Stâl proposed the iiame 

 Jurtina and in this genus he also included Herrich-Schaffer's 

 first species, torquata H. Sch. As this species had remained un- 

 known both to STÂLhimself and to ail other authors,and as it does 

 not appear from Herrich-Sghàffer's description to which of thèse 

 two gênera torqwita belongs, it is clear that Stâl placed it in 

 Jurtina only because it came from the Philippine Islands whilstthe 

 species of Batliycœlia were known only from Africa. If torquata 

 really is a Jurtina this name would be unnecessary as the name 

 Gastraulax is available for it (as I remarked in Revue d'Entom. 

 1891, p. 211) and Kirkaldy bas also reserved the name Gastraulax 

 for Jurtina. Having recently received from Prof. Baker a new 

 species of Batliycœlia from the Philippines, I think, however, that 

 also torquata will possibly prove to be a true Batliycœlia, and this 

 possibility is strengthened by the fact that B. chlorospila Walk. 

 from Aru Island, which Distant places in Jurtina, apparently is a 

 Batliycœlia, as Walker states that it bas the « tibise keeled ». As 

 Batliycœlia d^nà Jurtina SiVe. sharply separated from the allied gênera 

 but quite identical in structure inter se, save that the tibise are 

 sulcate above in Batliycœlia and non-SLilcate in Jurtina, I think the 

 best course is to unité them. The tibial furrow is not equally 

 distinct in ail species of Batliycœlia d^nà there are other Pentatomid 

 gênera (for instance Carbula) in which the présence or absence of 

 this furrow is only a spécifie character. 



The species of Batliycœlia are large and conspicuous insects and 

 not easily overlooked, but seem to be very rare and local. 



Bathycœlia cuneifera n. sp. — Ovalis, saturate glauco-viri- 

 dis, supra dense concoloriter punctata, punctura capitis subtiliore, 

 margine laterali prothoracis, margine costali corii basin versus, 

 antennis, tibiis tarsisque dilute coccineis seu roseo-violaceis, mar- 

 gine laterali abdominis nigro, segmentis connexivi mox ante mé- 

 dium macula cuneiformi nigra et ad apicem macula transversa 

 nigra atque inter has macula ovali albido-virescente signatis, ventre 

 macula majuscula basali ochracea notato, membrana subolivaceo- 

 hyalina. Caput fera a3qae longum ac latum,subtriangulare, lateribus 



