2G0 CATALOGUE OF 



47. MORMIDEA VITTATA. 



Cimex vittatus, Fair. Ent. Sysl. iv. 104, 96; Sy^t. Rhyn. 165, 52— Mor- 



midea vittala, Sign. A. S. E. F. Sine Ser. viii. 928. 

 Soull) Africa. Madagsiscar. 



48. MORMIDEA PALLIDISPINA. 



Pentatoma (Aspavia) pallidispiua, Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 137. 

 Cape. 



49. MORMIDEA TERMINALIS. 



terminalis, Schaum, Peters, Rciie Mozamb. 38. 

 Mozamliciue. 



50. MORMIDEA INFICITA. 



So7-dide flava, aspere punctata, fusco aui nigricante conspersa ; caput villa 



glabra; aniennce Jlavtc, selulosa ; tliorax brevitisculus, spinin (ongis 



nigris robustis acutis ; scutellnm wacuiis diiabus ba'<alibiis unaque 



apicaii fiavis magnis ; venter e punclis nigris bivillatum ; pedes 



robitsli. 



Dingy yellow, oval, vatlier coarsely punctured ; punctures brown or 



blackish. Head conical, not much shorter tiian tlie thorax, with a smooth 



stripe; lobes of equal length. Rostrum with a black tip, extending to the 



liind coxaj. Antennae yellow, setulose, not more than half the length of the 



body ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; second and third 



equal in length ; fourth longer than the third; fitih a little shorter than the 



fourth. Thorax rather short; spines long, stout, acute, mostly black, 



directly diverging. Scutellum with a large siuooth pale yellow spot on 



each side of the fore border and another at the tip. Abdomen beneath 



with two irregular stripes of black punctures. J^cgs stout. Membrane of 



the fore wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It closely resembles M. armigera, but the spines of the thorax are 

 shorter and thicker. 

 a. Natal. From M. Guenzius' collection. 



51. MOEMIDEA? VENTRALIS. 



Fulvcscens, lata, dense punctata, nigra conspersa; capitis latera jngata, 

 lobum medium lobos laterales perpaullu superante ; rostrum sat 

 validum; thorax posf.ice subcarinatus, spinis nigricantibus lotigis 

 robustis acutis; venter maculis quatuor aneis Iransversis ; pedes 

 robusti, nigro conspersi; alee anticct linea guttisque nonnullis glabris. 



Dull tawny, broad, oval, thickly punctured ; punctures black; under 

 side and legs paler. Head conical, with a ridge on each side between the 

 eye and the antenna; middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral 

 lobes. Rostrum rather stout, with a black tip, extending nearly to the hind 

 border of the first abdominal segment. Thorax with a transverse callus on 

 each side in front and with a si ort and very slight keel which extends to 

 the hind border; spines blackish, long, stout, acute. Scutellum a little 



