300 CATALOGUE OF 



135. Pentatoma prolata. 



Lulea, ovata, lata, nitena, svbpunctata; caput haud punclalum ; antenrxe 

 fulvcE^ gracUes, corporis dimidio paidio longiores. articulo \o pallide 

 viridi; thorax fascia postica lata viridi, angulis poslicis obtusissi- 

 mis ; scutelhim apicem t'iride ; pectus viridescens ; pedes virides, 

 validi, tarsis luteis ; alee anlicm viridescentes, macula discali oblonga. 

 nigra, casta basi lulea, membrana nigricante. 



Luteous, oval, broad, shining, very tliinly punctured ; punetures moslly 

 Mack. Head broad, almost smooth ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxiE; lip black. Antennae tawny, slender, a little more 

 than half the length of the body ; joints successively increasing in length ; first 

 joint pale green, not extending to the front of the head. Thorax with a 

 very slight green tinge on each side in front; a broad green band on the 

 liind border; a black spot at each end of the band; hind angles very 

 obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum green towards the lip, which is broad 

 and extends a little beyond the flexure of the corium. Pectus pale green. 

 Abdomen beneath with a row of transverse blackish spots on each side. 

 Legs green, stout ; tarsi luteous. Fore winjjs pale green ; costa luteous at 

 tlie base ; an elongated black spot ou the disk ; membrane blackish.. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. 



It resembles P. fimbriaia in structure. 



a. Arn. Presented by W. W. Saunders^ Esq. 



136. Pentatoma marginalis. 



Fulva, elliplica, aspere nigra punctata, subtus nigro-anea. ; caput breve ; 

 oculi sat magni ; rostrum testacevm, segmcnti ventralis marqinem 

 posticum fere attingtns ; antenna; fu Ira, graciles, corporis dimidio 

 paullo longiores; thorax anlice declivis, linea transversa pallidiore, 

 angulis poslicis obtusis ; scutellum suballenuatum, lituris daabus 

 basalibus impressis nigricantibtis ; pectoris lulera testaceo varia ; 

 venter testaceo marginatus ; pedes nigra conspersi, longiusculi, sal 

 graciles. 



Tawny, elliptical, slightly shining, roughly and irregularly punctured ; 

 punctures bhick ; under side jeneous-black, shining. Head short; lobes of 

 equal length. Eyes rather large and prominent. Rostrum testaceous, 

 extending nearly to the hind border of the second venlral segment; tip 

 black. Antennae tawny, slender, a little more than half ihe length of the 

 body ; joints successively increasing in length; first joint extending almost 

 to the front of the head. Thorax slanting in front of a slight paler trans- 

 verse ridge between the hind angles, which are obtuse and not prominent. 

 Scutellum slightly attenuated, extending a little beyond the angle of the 

 corium, with a black imprefsion on each angle at the base. Pectus partly 

 testaceous on each side. Abdomen beneath bordered with testaceous on 

 each side and at the tip. Legs testaceous, rather long and slender; femora 

 and tibiae black speckled. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, veins 

 tawny. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It has some affinity to the genus Mormidea. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by \V. W. Saunders, Esq. 



