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]oiia:er than broafl. Abdomen beneath with a transverse aeneous spot on 

 each of the fourth and fifth segments; apical spines acute. Legs stout; 

 femora and tibice bhick-speckled. Fore win<i:s with a smooth line between 

 the exocorium and the mesocorium, and with a few smooth dots; mem- 

 brane cinereous; veins brown. Length of the body 3| — 4 lines. 



It has some resemblance to the genus Anna. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's collection. 



b. Madagascar. Presented by J. Caldwell, Esq. 



52. MORMIDEA? PEDE.STRIS. 



Obscure fusca, aspere punctata, nigricanle conspersa ; antenna paliide 

 Jlavce, arliculo 4o apice nigricante, bo niyro bast Jiavo ; thorax spinis 

 nigricanlibus crassis longis acutis ; scutellurn bisulcatum ; abdominis 

 latcra serrata ; pedes robusti, Jiavo fasciati^femoribus apices versus 

 unispinosis ; membrana venis reticulatis. 



Dark tawny, oval, roughly punctured ; punctures blackish. Head 

 elongate; lateral lobes hardly extending beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum 

 pale yellow. Anlennas pale yellow, hardly half the length of the body; 

 first joint much shorter than the anterior part of the head ; second much 

 longer than the third ; fourth longer than the third, blackish towards the 

 tip ; fifth black, yellow at the base, much longer than the fourth. Thorax 

 ■wilh some small intervening smooth spaces ; spines blackish, long, acute, 

 very stout. Scntellura wilh a shallow excavation on each side extending 

 much beyond the angle of the corium. Abdomen serrated along each side; 

 apical spines stout, hardly acute. Legs brown, stout; femora pale yellow 

 towards the base, with a spine above near the tip ; tibiaj pale yellow, brown 

 at each end ; tarsi pale yellow ; the brown hue most prevalent in the fore 

 legs. Membrane uf the fore wings cinereous; veins brown, reticulated. 

 Length of the body 'i\ lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Janson's collection. 



53. MOEMIDEA? UNISIGNATA. 



Fulva, lata, scite punctata, fusco au I nigricante conspersa; thorax callis 

 duobits anlicis transversis furcatis undulatis, callo intermedia 

 vchraceo Jisso, spinis longis acutis apice nigris ; scuiellum punctis 

 duobus basalibus glabris apiceque pallidis ; pedes graciles. 



Tawny, broad, oval, thickly and finely punctured ; punctures brown 

 or blackish; under side and legs paler. Head conical; lobes of equal 

 length. Rostrum piceous at the lip, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 coxffi. Thorax in front with two transverse forked undulating calli ; 

 between these there is an ochraceous callus, which is cleft except in front; 

 punctures black about these calli and along the sides of the thorax; spines 

 long, stout, acute, black towards the tips. Scutellum paler at the tip, 

 extending nearly to the angle of the corium ; a pale smooth point on each 

 side at the base. Legs slender. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, 

 wilh darker veins. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It agrees with Pentatoma in general structure. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's collection. 



