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ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF HEMIPTERA 



FROM NORTH EASTERN FRENCH CONGO 



by E. Kergrolli 



From the coast of French Congo numerousHemiptera are known, 

 but none hâve been reported from the interior and northern parts 

 of thatvast country.Dr. Poppius havingsent to me for détermination 

 some Hemiptera from the Chari (Shari)-territory, communicated 

 by Mons. E. de Bergevin, I think it worth mentioning them, few 

 though they be. 



PENTATOMIDyË 



1. Halyomorpha Schoutedeni n. sp. — Oblonga, medio sub- 

 parallela, supra subfusco-ochracea, sat dense fusco-punctulata, 

 subtus livido testacea, pleuris totis (etiam area evaporativa) remote 

 nigro-punctulatis, ventre latera versus remote concoloriter punctu- 

 lato, segmentis tertio, quarto quintoque pone médium maculis 

 parvis quattuor nigris in seriem transversam ordinatis notatis, 

 spiraculis minusculis nigris, membrana griseo-testacea, venis ante 

 médium notulis oblongis fuscis in séries duas transversas curvatas 

 ordinatis signatis, segmentorum connexivi parte interiore, fascia 

 subcurvata antemediana rectaque apicali latiusculis viridi-nigris, 

 articule ultimo rostri nigro. Caput subseque longum ac latum, late- 

 ribus levissime sinuatis, ocellis inter se quam ab oculis duplo 

 longius remotis, rostro apicem segmenti secundi ventris attingente, 

 articulo tertio antennarum secundo breviore, quarto secundo lon- 

 giore, quinto quarto subteque longo. Pronotum medio capite paullo 

 longius, marginibus lateralibus anticis rectis, angulis humeralibus 

 obtusis, levissime eminulis. Scutellum prope angulos basales callo 

 minuscule rotundato la^vi instructum. Hemelytra apicem abdo- 

 minis paullum superantia. Abdomen pronoto haud latins, angulis 

 apicalibus segmentorum levissime prominulis, segmento genitali 

 feminse sat dense setoso. Pedes concolores, — Long. Ç 14.5 mill., 

 lat. 7.4 mill. 



Differs from the other Ethiopian species by the markings of the 

 connexival segments and other characters. 



2. Diploxys acanthurus Westw. 



Diploxys Am. S. and A7'icyrocons Mayr (including Coponia Stâl 

 and Paracoponia Horv.) I regard as distinct gênera with the fol- 

 lowing characters. 



