IIEMIl'TKKA IIETKHOI'TKIIA. iJOD 



147. Pentatoma vilis. 



Fulva, ovata, lathiicula, fuscu jmnclata^ sjiblus teatacea ; caput latum, 

 albido marginatum, /.obis luteralibus lobum medium paullo super- 

 antibus ; rostrum piceun ; antenna: nigra', corporis dimidio breviores, 

 articulis \o et 2o rufescenlibus ; thorax lateribus atbidis, angulis 

 poslicis obtusis valde rotundatis ; scuteltum angiitis basalibus nigris, 

 apice nonnunquam pallido ; pedes validi,fusco conspersi, tibiis apice 

 tarsisque fuscis ; niembrana lurida, venis fuscis reticulata. 



Tawny, oval, rather broad, minutely punctured, dingy testaceous 

 beneath; punctures brown. Head broad, bordered on each side by a 

 slender dingy whitish line ; lateral lobes extending a little beyond the 

 middle lobe. Rostrum piceous, extending to the middle cox;e. Anleniia) 

 black, less than half the length of the body ; first and second joints reddish ; 

 first not extending to the front of the head ; second much longer than the 

 third; fourth a little louy;er than the second; fifth much longer than the 

 fourth. Thorax with a t-lender whitish line on each side in (rout of the 

 hind angle, which is obtuse and much rounded. Scutellum with a black 

 point on each angle at tiie base, extending rather beyond the flexure of the 

 corium, sometimes paler at the tip. Pectus iriei^nlarly punctured, with a 

 channel between the coxa?. Abdomen emarginate at the tip; connexivum 

 with black spots along each side, l^egs stout, brown-speckled ; tarsi and 

 tips of tibiaB brown. Menibr:ine of the fore wings lurid, with brown reticu- 

 lated veins. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It resembles the preceding species in general structure, but in the 

 reticulated membrane it agrees with the genus Hymcna.rcys. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by VV. W . Saunders, Esq. 



b. Tasmania. Presented by Lieut. A. Smith. 



c. d. New Zealand. P"rom Mr. Stevens' collection. 



148. PENTArOMA TIBIALIS. 



RiifesCente-fulva, longi-ovala^ aspere punctata; caput latum, lobis later" 

 alibus lobum medium pmillo supcrantibus ; rostrum piceiim ; untenmc 

 nigrce, corporis dimidio breviores, articulis [o el 2(> rufrscente-fulnis ; 

 thorax antice vlrinque impressus, angn/is poslicis obtusis; scuteHi 

 anquli basales vigri ; pedes picei, tibiis posterioribus luteo late 

 fasciatis ; membrana lurido-fusca, venis reliculalis. 



Reddish tawny, elongate-oval, roughly punctured, paler beneath; 

 Head broad; lateral lobes extending a little beyond the middle lobe* 

 Kostnim piceous, extending to the hind coxie. Antennas black, less than 

 half the Ifiiglh of the body ; first and second joints reddish tawny ; first not 

 extending to the front of the head; second much longer than the third ; 

 fourth as long as the second; fifth longer than the lourtli. Thorax slightly 

 impressed on each side in front of the hind angles, which are obtuse and 

 not prominent. Scutellum with a black point on each side al the base, 

 extending a little beyond the flexure of the corium. Pectus piceous about 

 the coxa% between which there is a fuirow. Abdomen emarginaie al the 

 tip. Legs piceous, stout; posterior tibia; lutcous, piceous at the base, 



