liEMlPTERA IIKTERUPTERA. 30? 



137. Pentaioma circuMdata. 

 Teslacea, longi-ovatu, aspere nigro punclala, sublus lutea ; caput apice 

 lalu)H,sublus nigrum luleribus subincisis ; antenna corporis dintidio 

 longiores ; thorax vix rui/ulosus, angulis poslicis obtusis non explaua. 

 lis; sculellum apiceni versus aticnuatuin, foveolis duabus basalibus 

 nigria ; pectus ex maxima parte nigrum; venter guild postmedia 

 annuloque maxima nigris ; pedes nigro conspersi ; membrana lurida. 



Dull testaceous, elongate-oval, roughly punctured, luteous heneatli; 

 punctures black, irregularly clustered. Head liroad in front, slightly exca- 

 vated on each side in front of the eye; lobes of eijual length ; under side 

 black. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxa'; tip black. 

 Antenna? testaceous, more than half the length of the body ; joints from 

 the first to the fourth successively increasing in length ; first not extending 

 lo the front of the head ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 very slightly rugulose, hardly excavated on each side ; hind angles obtuse, 

 not prominent. Scutellum extending somewhat beyond the bend of the 

 corinm, attenuated towards the tip ; a small longitudinal black excavation 

 on each side at the base. Pectus mostly black. Abdomen beneath, black 

 at the base, with two black stripes, which are united near the tip, and with 

 a black dot on the fore border of the fouith segment. Legs testaceous ; 

 femora aud tibiae speckled with black. Fore wings mostly brown, punc- 

 tured ; membrane lurid, with several longitudinal veins, some of whicli are 

 forked. Hind wings pellucid. Lenj^th of the body 5 lines. 



o. New Caledonia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 

 b. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



138. PeNTATOMA SUBPfXCTATA. 



Fulvn, longi-ovala, sullililer el puree punctata, sublus teslacea; caput 

 latum; rostrum spi)menti ventral is 3i marginem poslicum allingens ; 

 (inlcnme gracilcs ; thorax sulco Iransverso indettrmiiialo, angulis 

 posticis oblusis ; sculellum suballenualum ; pedes sal gracilcs ; mem- 

 brana pellucida. 



Tawny, elongate-oval, minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. Head 

 broad; lobes of equal length. Kostium extending to the fore part of the 

 third ventral segment; tip black. Antenna! slender; lirsl joint not ex- 

 tending to the front of the head. Thorax very thinly punctured, except in 

 the mitklle part of a slight transverse furrow near the fore border; hind 

 angles obtuse, not prominent. Sculellum liiinly punctured, slightly altenu- 

 aled towards the tip, which is paler, not extending beyond the angle of the 

 corium. Legs rather slender. Membrane of the lore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



It a<irees with P. longiroslris in the Icngili of the loslruni, but differs 

 widely from it in the shape of the head, in llic transverse furrow of the 

 thorax, and in the markiiiLis. 



a. Tondano. Presented by \V. W. Sau'.iders, E<c[. 



