llF.MIPTEHA nETEKt)P'rERA. 30t 



137. PfiKXATOMA CIRCIIMDATA. 



Tt'slacea, longi-ovata, aspere nigra punctata, subtus lutea ; caput apice 

 latum, subtus nigrum luteribus subincisis ; antenncB corporis dimidio 

 longiores ; thorax vix rugulosus, angulis posticis obtusis non explaua- 

 lis ; scutellum apicem versus allenuatum, foveolis duabus basatibus 

 nigris ; pectus ex maxima parte nigrum; venter gutla poslmedia 

 annuloque maxima nigris ; pedes nigra canspersi ; membrana lurida. 



Dull testaceous, elongate-oval, loughly punctured, luteous beneath; 

 punctures black, irregularly cluslered. Head broad in front, slightly exca- 

 vated on each side iu front of the eye; lobes of equal length ; under side 

 black. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxae; tip black. 

 AntennjB testaceous, 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 ; fifih a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 very slightly rugulose, hardly excavated on each side ; bind angles obtuse, 

 not prominent. Scutellum extending somewhat beyond the bend of the 

 corium, attenuated towards the tip; a small longitudinal black excavation 

 on each side at the base. Pectus mostly black. Abdomen beneath, black 

 at the base, with two black stripes, which are united near the tip, and with 

 a black dot on the fore border of the fourth segment. Legs testaceous ; 

 femora and tibiae speckled with black. Fore wings mostly brown, punc- 

 tured ; membrane lurid, with several longitudinal veins, some of which are 

 forked. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. New Caledonia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



b. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddcll. 



138. Pentatoma subpuxctata. 



Fulva, longi-ovata, sultiliter at parce punctata, subtus teslacea ; caput 

 latum; rostrum segmenti ventral is '3i warginem posticum altingens; 

 antenntB graciles ; thorax sulco transversa indeterminato, angulis 

 posticis obtusis ; scutellum subattenualum ; pedes sat graciles ; mem- 

 brana pellucida. 



Tawny, elongate-oval, minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. Head 

 broad; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the fore part of the 

 third ventral segment; tip bl.ick. Antennae slender; first joint not ex- 

 tending to the Iroiit of the head. Thorax very thinly punctured, except in 

 the miildle part of a slight transverse furrow near the fore border; hind 

 angles obtuse, not prominent. Scuielhun thinly punctured, slightly attenu- 

 ated towards the tip, which is paler, nut extending! beyond the angle of the 

 corium. Legs rather slender. Membrane of the fore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



It agrees with P. hmgirostris in the length of the rostrum, but differs 

 widely from it in the shape of the head, in the transverse furrow of the 

 thorax, and in the markiiijjs. 



fl. Tondano. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



