308 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



139. Pentatoma Camatula, C. H. 257. 

 a. Swan River. Presented hy Sir J. Ricliardson. 



140. Pentatoma pallipes, C. H. 239. 

 a. Australia. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



141. Pentatoma makginella, C. II. 245. 

 a. Australia. 



142. Pentatoma ;eola, C. //. 248. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



143. Pentatoma virgata, C. H. 249. 

 a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Ricbardsun. 



144. Pentatoma afeinis, C. II. 252. 

 Plautia affinis, Stal. 



a, b. Australia. Presented by John M'Gillivray, Esq. 



145. Pentatoma notia, C. II. 252. 

 a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



146. Pkntatoma laticeps. 



Fulva, elliptica, lata., subtililer punctata; caput latum, subdepressum i 

 anleniKe nigrcc, graciles, corporis dimidio breviores, arliculo lo tes- 

 ta ceo ; thorax antice declivis annulis duobiis glabris transversis 

 attenuatis petiolatis, angidis posticis valde rolundatis liaud explattatis / 

 abdomen nigrum, apicent versus aurato-ochraceum ; membrana 

 cinerea, venis fulvis. 



Tawny, broad, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, not shining, 

 testaceous beneath. Head broad, with two indistinct blackish stripes ; lobes 

 of equal length. Rostrum tawny, extending to tlie hind coxae; tip piceous. 

 Antennaj black, less than half the length of the body; first joint testaceous^ 

 not extending lo the front of the head ; second sometimes tawny towards 

 the base, much longer than the third ; fourth and fifth as long as the second. 

 Thorax slanting in front of a very slight transverse ridge between the hind 

 angles, which are much rounded and not prominent; a transverse elongated 

 peiiolated smooth ringlet on each side near the fore border. Scutellum 

 paler at the tip, hardly extending beyond the angle of the corium ; basal 

 angles black. Abdomen black from the base to the tip of tlie sculelluin, 

 gilded ochraceous from thence to the tip; coiinexivum ferruginous; 

 spiracles black. Legs testaceous, rather short and stout; tarsi with black 

 tips. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous; veins tawny, sometimes 

 forived. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It resembles P. circumdata in structure, but the head is broader in 

 front and more like that of the Sciocorida;. 



a. Sydney. Presented by W. W. S.iunders, Esq. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



