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slender, a little more than half the length of the body ; joints from the first 

 to ihe fourth successively increasing in length ; first not extending to the 

 front of the head ; filth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax with an in- 

 terrupted and irre.ijular testaceous baud near the fore border ; hind angles 

 muci) rounded, not proaiiuent. Scutelium extending a little beyond the 

 angle of the corium. Pectus pale green. Abdomen beneath testaceous, 

 with a green tinge on each side. Legs testaceous, stout; tibiae and tarsi 

 reddish. Fore wings red along the costa and along the hind border; mem- 

 brane pale cinereous. Lengih of the body 4 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



"■ . .. 51.1 PeNTATOMA^BASAXIS.' ^'-ry. •; ^ ^ , ..(tsrx. 



Saturate viridis, nitens, sublus testacea; antennm testacecB, corporis 

 dimidio non lonyiores^ articulis 4o 5oque nigricantibus basi teslaceis ; 

 thorax fascia anlica testacea lata indeterminala, anyidis poslicis 

 obtusis; scutelium aplce albo marginatum ; venter maculis duabus 

 nigris ; pedes tes lace i ; alee anticce litaris parvis albidis ; meinbrana 

 cinerea fusco unimaculata. 



Deep green, elongate-oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured, 

 testaceous beneath. Head testaceous; lobes of equal length; middle lobe 

 very narrow. Rostrum testaceous, extending a little beyond the middle 

 coxae; tip black. Antennae testaceous, slender, about half the length of 

 the body ; joints from the first to the fourth successively increasing in 

 length; first not extending to the front of the head; fourth and fifth 

 blackish, testaceous towards the base; fifth nearly as long as ihe fourth. 

 Thorax with an irregular testaceous baud, which extends interruptedly to 

 the border; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutelium extending a 

 little beyond the angle of the corium, paler towards the tip, where it is 

 bordered with white. Abdomen with a black spot on the first ventral seg- 

 ment and another on the second. Legs testaceous, stout. Fore wings 

 with a few small whitish marks on the corium; membrane cinereous, with 

 a brown spot near the costa before the middle. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 



a. Amazon Region, From Mr. Bates' collection. 



C^O-^A^Ail^Je 52/ PeNTATOMa) VARICORNIS, 



Viridescente testacea, lata, nigra punctata ; capitis lobi laterales lobum 

 medium superantes, apice contigui ; antenme corporis dimidio 

 longiores, nigro conspersce, apices versus rufescentes, articulo Ao nigro^ 

 fascialo ; thorax lateribus subrcjiexis, angulis posticis obtusis; scutel- 

 ium maculis sepiem basalibus unaque discali nigris; venter sub- 

 sulcatus ; pedes nigro conspersi, tibiis sulcatis ; alee anticce nigra 

 triplngiatce, membrana fuscescente. 



Testaceous, oval, broad, slightly tinged with green, roughly punctured ; 

 punctures black. Head conical ; lateral lobes conniving beyond the 

 middle lobe, which is lanceolate. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa? ; 

 tip black. Antennae slender, more than halt' the length of the body; first 

 and second joints speckled with l)lack; first extending to the front of the 

 bead ; third speckled with black towards the base, reddish towards the lip, 



