292 CATALOGUE OF 



a little shorter than the second ; foiiith reildisli, testaceous and with a black 

 band near the base, much longer than the third ; fifth reddish, paler 

 towards the base, a liille shorter than the fourth. Thorax slightly reflexed 

 on each side; hind angles ohiiise, rather prominent. Scutellum exlendinj^ 

 rather beyond the angle of the curium, rounded at the tip, with seven black 

 spots near ihe base and a larger one in the disk. Abdomen beneath with 

 a very slight furrow. Legs stout; femora and tibiae speckled with black ; 

 tibiae furrowed. Fore wings with three black patches, one antemedial, the 

 other two postmedial ; membrane brownish. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



53 Pentatoma aspersa. 



Nigra, fata, nitens, asppre punctata, luteo conspersa, snbtux lutea ; antennce 

 corporis dimidlo nun lonyiores ; thoracis aiiguii postici ohlusi ; pectus 

 et vvnttr pvnclis latrraiibus niyris ; pedes tesiacei, tibiis sulcalis 

 nigro viltalis ; meinbrana liirido-cinerea. 



Black, broad, oval, shining, roughly punctured, thickly covered with 

 numerous small smooth irretrular luteous marks; under side luteous. Head 

 broad; lobes of equal leiiglh. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind 

 coxae ; tip black. Antenna* black, about half the length of the body ; joints 

 successively incre.ising in Itn^ith; first not extending to the front of the 

 head. Thorax with the hind angles obtuse, hardly prominent. Scutellum 

 extending sornewliat beyond the angle of the corium. Pectus aftd under 

 side of abdomen vviih a row of black points on each side; spiracles l)lack. 

 Legs testaceous; femora with a slight black streak; tihite furrowed, striped 

 with black. Membrane of the fore wings lurid-cinereous. Length of the 

 body 6^ lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's coUection. 



Africa. 



54. Pentatoma trisignata, C. H. 233. 



Pentatoma trigemtnis, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 219 — Penlatoma 

 (Carbula) trisignata, Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 142. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. c. Cape. P'rom M. Dreges collection. 



d, e. South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 

 /. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 g. Natal. From Dr. Kranss' collection. 



55. Pentatoma goniodes, C. H. 233. 



Pentatoma inops, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 220— Pentatoma 

 patruelis, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 220— Pentatoma (Cappaea) 

 g<iniodes, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 167. 



a, b. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



c. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



