IfEMIITKIiV HKTEROPTKRA. 311 



tlie fore wings lurid; veins Ijrown, reticul;iteil. Longih of llic body 

 4^ lines. 



The body is more elonj^ated tluin tliat of llie Uirce preceding species, 

 and tlie hind angles of the thorax are nirah more rounded and less 

 pronnncut. 



a. South Australia. Presented by li. Bakeweli, l^sq. 



lul. PkNTATOMA TRUNCArUI.A. 



Obscure fulva, brci'i-ovala, sat nspere punclala, subCus pallidc lulea ; 

 caput longiuscxdum, lilura postica quadrala ; rostrum picenm, bast 

 luleum ; antenna, nif/rce, corporis dimidio lotujiorrs, ar/irulis lo 

 2ot]ue fulvis, '2o, 3o 4oque apice albidis ; thorax unticc dcctivis cl 

 transverse impressus, angulis posticis vilde rolnndalis ; sculellum 

 apice teslaceo paUido maryinalum ; seymenta veiitratia Sum et 4um 

 nigra triguttala, bum nigra uniplagiatum ; menibrana pallide cinerca, 

 fusco strigata. 



Dull tawny, short-oval, somewhat roughly pun<;turcd, pale luleous 

 heneath ; punctures brown. Head elongate, wiili a quadrate mark on the 

 hind border between the ocelli; lobes of equal length, llostrum piceous, 

 luteous towards the base, extending to the hind coxa?. Antenntc black, 

 more than half the length of the body ; first and second joints tawny ; first 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second, third and fourth whitish at 

 the tips ; second a little longer than the third ; fourth a little longer than 

 the second, shorter than the fifth. Thorax with a very indistinct transverse 

 impression in front of a slight transverse ridge between the hind angles, 

 which are much rounded and slightly prominent ; sides slightly reflexed, 

 pale testaceous in front. Scutellum extending a little beyond the angle of 

 the corium, with a narrow pale testaceous line round its tip. Abdomen 

 above black, bordered with pale testaceous; a row of black marginal dots 

 on each side beneath; tliree black dots on the third ventral segment and 

 three on the fourth; a large transverse black patch on the fifth. Legs 

 stout; tarsi and tips of tibiae blackish. Membrane of the fore wings pale 

 .cinereous, with pale brown streaks. Length of the body 3 lines. 

 a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



Country unknown. 

 152. Pentatoma ventralis, C. II. 243. 



153. Pentatoma inconspicua, C. //. 250. 

 Plautia inconspicua, Stal. 



154. Pentatoma? trtrasticima. 

 ietrastigma, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 322. 

 {t. ? 



