260 CATALOGUE OF 



47. MORIMIDEA VITTATA. 



Cimex vittatiis, F<,hr. Ent. Si/si. iv. 104, 96; Si/st. Rhijn. 165, 52— Mor- 



niidea viltalu, Sign. A. S. E. F. Sine Ser. viii. 928. 

 South ii\fiica. Madagascar. 



48. MOBMIDEA PALLIDISPINA. 



Pentatoma (Aspavia) pallidispina, Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 137. 

 Cape. 



49. MoRMinEA TERMINALIS. 



terniinalis, Schaum, Peters, Reise Mozamh. 38. 

 Mozamliiae. 



50. MORMIDEA IXFICITA, 



Sordide flava, aspere piinclala,fusco aul nif/rica7ile conspersa ; caput vilta 

 glabra; anleiime Jlavcc, selulosa- ; Ikorax breviusculus, spinis longis 

 nigris robuslis acutis ; scuteUum niacuiis duabus basalibus unaque 

 (ipicaii flavis magnis ; venter e punclis nigris bivitlatum ; pedes 

 robusti. 



Dingy yellow, oval, rather coarsely punctured ; punctures brown or 

 Llacliish. Head cunical, not much shorter than the thorax, with a smooth 

 stripe; lobes of eciual length. Rostrum with a black tip, extending to the 

 hind coxEB. Anlennse yellow, setulose, not more than half the length of the 

 body; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; second and third 

 equal in length ; fourth longer than the third; filih a little shorter than the 

 Jourih. Thorax rather short; spines long, stout, acute, mostly black, 

 diicclly diverjiing. Scutellum with a large smooth pale yellow spot on 

 each side of the fore border and another at the tip. Abdomen beneath 

 with two irregular stripes of black puuctuies. I>egs stout. Membrane of 

 the fore wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It closely resembles M. armigera, but the spines of the thorax are 

 shorter and thicker. 



a. Natal. From M. Guenzius' collection. 



51. MOEMIDEA? VENTRALIS. 



Fulvescens, lata, dense punctata, nigra conspersa ; capitis latera jugata, 

 lobum medium lobos laterales perpaullo siiperante ; rostrum sat 

 vaiidum ; thorax postice sub carina In s, spinis nigricanlibxts longis 

 robuslis acutis; venter maculis qnatuor ceneis transversis ; pedes 

 robusti, nigra conspersi; alee untica liiua gultisque nonnullis glabris. 



Dull tawny, broad, oval, thickly punctured ; punctures black; under 

 side and legs paler. Head conical, with a ridge on each side between the 

 eye and the antenna; middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral 

 lobes. Rostrum rather stout, with a black tip, extending nearly to the hind 

 border of the first abdominal segment. Thorax with a transverse callus on 

 each side in front and with a si ort and very slight keel which extends to 

 the hind border; spines blackish, long, stout, acute. ScuteUum a little 



