HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 997 



testaceous. Legs vather stout; femora towards the base and coxae pale 

 testaceous. Hiud wiugs and menibiane of the fore wings pellucid, with 

 colourless veins. Length of the body (5 lines. 



It resembles the typical form q{ Rhaphigasler, but there is no trace of 

 a ventral spine. 



a. Gambia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



9.3. Pentatoma placida. 



Viridescente teslacea, subovata, fnscescente punctata, sublus pallide lesla.cea ; 

 caput lonfjiusculum, lateribus nigris subreflexis ; antennce apices 

 versus rufcscenies, corporis diinidio non longiores, arficiilo bo Ao per- 

 jiaullo breviore ; thorax auyulis poslicis subuculis sat explanalis ; 

 scutelluin apicem versus attenualum ; abdomen dorso Iccle rufo, apice 

 subemarginalo ; membrana pcllucida. 



Greenish testaceous, nearly oval, finely punctured, pale testaceous 

 beneath ; punctures brownish. Head elongate ; sides blackish, slightly 

 reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending a little beyond the 

 hind coxae; tip black. Antennse slender, reddish towards the tips, not 

 more than 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 ; fifth very little shorter than the fourth. Thorax with the hind angles 

 prominent and slightly acute. Sculellum attenuated towards the tip, not 

 extending beyond the angle of the corium. Abdomen above bright red, 

 slightly emarginated at the tip. Legs slender. Hind wings and mem- 

 brane of the fore wings pellucid ; veins colourless. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



a. Cape. Presented by R. Trimen, Ksq. 



iM. Pentatoaia HETEROCERA. 



Lulea nigricanle punctata, subtus pallide Jlavescens ; anfennce nigrte, cor- 

 poris dimidio non longiores, articulis 4o duque rvfescentibus ; thorax 

 antics declivis, angulis posticis obtusis non explanatis ; sculellum 

 apice glabrum pallide Jiavum ; ventris segmenlum bum nigro nniina- 

 culatum ; pedes validi,femoribus apices versus nigro conspersis ; alee 

 anticcE fiavo consperscc, membrana cinereafuscescentevenosa. 



Luteous, oval, shining, roughly punctured, pale yellowish beneath ; 

 punctures mostly blackish. Head much shorter than the thorax ; lobes of 

 equal length. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; tip black. Antennce 

 black, about half the length of the body ; joints successively increasing in 

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

 reddish. Thorax with a very slight transverse ridge between the hind 

 angles, which are obtuse and not prominent. Scutellum extending some- 

 what beyond the flexure of the corium, smooth and pale yellow at the tip. 

 Abdomen beneath thinly black-punctured ; an elongated black spot on the 

 fifth segment. Legs stout; femora with a few black speckles towards the 

 lips. Fore wings with a few pale yellow points on the corium ; membrane 

 cinereous, with brownish veins. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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