IIEMIPTF.nA HETEROPTKRA. 311 



llie fore wings lurid; veins brown, relical.itei;]. r^cufrih of the body 

 4^ lines. 



The body is more elonjfated llian that of the three preceding species, 

 and the hind angles of the thorax are much iqore rounded and less 

 prominent. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



]51. Pkntatoma TRUNCArUr.A. 



Obscure fidva, brevi-nvala, sal ospere piinclala, sublus pallide litlea ; 

 caput lunginsculam, lilura poslica quadrata ; rostrum piceiiin, basi 

 luleum ; antenncB niyra, corporis dimidio longiores, arlirulis lo 

 2oque fulvis, 2o, 3o 4ocjue apice albidis ; thorax antice dcclivis et 

 transverse impressns, angulis poslicis valde rolundatis ; sculellum 

 apice testnceo pallida maryinatum ; seymenta ventralia Sum et 4uin 

 nigra triquitata, 5um nigro uniplagiatum ; membrana pallide cinerea, 

 fusco strigata. 



Dull tawny, short-oval, somewhat roughly punctured, pale luteous 

 beneath ; punctures brown. Head elongate, with a quadrate mark on the 

 hind border between the ocelli ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum piceous, 

 luteous towards the base, extending to the hind coxte. Antennae black, 

 more than half the length of the body ; first and second joints tawny ; first 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second, third and fourth whitish at 

 the lips ; second a little longer than the third ; fourth a little longer than 

 the second, shorter than the fifth. Thorax with a very indistinct transverse 

 impression in front of a slight transverse ridge between the hind angles, 

 which are much rounded and slightly prominent ; sides slightly reflexed, 

 pale testaceous in front. Scutellura extending a little beyond the angle of 

 the corium, with a narrow pale testaceous line round its tip. Abdomeri 

 above black, bordered with pale testaceous ; a row of black marginal dots 

 on each side beneath; three black dots un the third ventral segment and 

 three on the fourth ; a large transverse black patch on the fifth. Legs 

 stout; tarsi and lips of tibise blackish. Membrane of the fore wings pale 

 cinereous, with pale l)rown streaks. Length of the body 3 lines. 



.a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



Country unknown. 

 15?. Pentatoma ventralis, C. H. 243. 



153. Pentatoma inconspicua, C //. 250. 

 Plautia inconspicua, Stal. 

 a. ? 



154. Pentatoma? tetrastigma. 

 ■tetrastigma, H.-Sch. Wanz. Inn. ix. 322. 



