306 CATALOGUE OF 



135. Pentatoma prolata. 



Lutea, ovala, lata, nilens, sub punctata; capvt haucl punctalum ; antennce 

 fulv(e,graciles, corporis dimiclio paullo longiore.i. arliculo \o pallide 

 viricli ; thorax fascia postica lata viridi, anguiis poslicis obtusi.tsi- 

 mis ; sculellitm apicem viride ; pectus viridescens ; pedes virides, 

 validi, larsis luteis ; alee anticcB viridescentes, macula discali oblonya 

 niijra, casta basi lutea, membrana nigricante. 



Luteous, oval, bvoad, shining-, very thinly punctured ; punctures mostly 

 hlack. Head broad, almost smooth ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxje; lip black. Antennse tawny, slender, a little more 

 than half the length of the body ; joints successively increasing in length ; first 

 joint pale green, not extending to the front of the head. Thorax with a 

 very slight green tinge on each side in front; a broad green baud on the 

 hind border; a black spot at each end of the band; hind angles very 

 obtuse, not prominent. Scutelhim green towards the lip, which is broad 

 and extends a little beyond the flexure of the corium. Pectus pale green. 

 Abdomen beneath with a row of transverse blackish spots on each side. 

 Legs green, stout; tarsi luleous. Fore win^s pale green ; costa luteous at 

 the base ; an elougated black spot ou the disk ; membrane blackish. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. 



It resembles P. fimbriaia in structure. 



a, Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders^ Esq. 



136. Pentatoma marginalis. 



Fulva, elliplica, aspere nigro punctata, subtus nigro-anea ; caput breve ; 

 oculi sat magni ; rostrum testacexnn, segmenti ventralis marginrm 

 posticum fere attingens ; antennce fulva, graciles, corporis dimidio 

 paullo longiores ; thorax antice declivis, linea transversa pallidiore, 

 angulis poslicis obtusis ; sculellum subatlenuatum, lituris duabus 

 basalibus impressis nigricantibus ; pectoris latera tcslaceo varia ; 

 venter tcslaceo marginatus ; pedes nigro couspersi, longiusculi, sal 

 graciles. 



Tawny, elliptical, slightly shinirig, roughly and irregularly punctured ; 

 punctures black ; under side seneous-black, shining. Head short; lobes of 

 equal length. Eyes rather large and prominent. Rostrum testaceous, 

 extending nearly to the hind border of the second ventral segment; tip 

 black. Antenna? tawny, slender, a little more than half the length of the 

 body ; joints successively increasing in length ; first joint extending almost 

 to the front of the head. Thorax slanting in front of a slight paler trans- 

 verse ridge between the hind angles, which are obtuse and not prominent. 

 Sculellum slightly attenuated, extending a little beyond the angle of the 

 corium, with a black impression on each angle at the base. Pectus partly 

 testaceous on each side. Abdomen beneath bordered with testaceous ou 

 each side and at the tip. Legs testaceous, rather long and slender; femora 

 and tibife black speckled. jNIembrane of the fore wings cinereous, veins 

 tawny. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It has some affinity to the genus Mormidca. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



