319 CATAT.OGUE OF 



155. Pentatoma brevittata. 



Pras!)ia,fusifiir»ns, dense punctata, subtits lestacea ; caput longimsculum ; 

 rostrum lestaceum ; anlennce nujric ; thorax antice obscurus, lateribus 

 Jl(ivis,angulis rotundatis ; sculellum xitta brevi apiceque flavis ; pedes 

 testacei, validi ; alee anticcB casta basijlavii, membrana pellucida. 



Grass-green, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured, mostly testa- 

 ceous beneath. Head elongate; lobes of equal length. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Rostrum testaceous. Antenna) black, slender, less than half 

 the length of the body; first joint not e.Mending to the front of the head ; 

 second much longer than the third ; fourth and fifth as long as the second. 

 Thorax darker about the fore border ; sides yellow; hind angles rounded, 

 not prominent. Suulellum attenuated towards the tip, extending a little 

 beyond the flexure of the corium, with a short yellow stripe; this stripe 

 commences in the middle and extends to the tip, which is also yellow. 

 Legs testaceous, stout. Costa of the fore wings yellow towards the base; 

 membrane pellucid. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a, — ■ ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 2(1. ACLADRA. 

 /Loladra, Sign. Ann. Sac, Enl. Fr. ime Scr, iii. 547. 



1, AcLADRA KEFLEX A. 



reflexa, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4me Ser. iii. 547, pi. 12, f. 13. 

 ^hili. 



Genus 27. RHOMBOCORIS. 

 Rhoinbocoris, Mayr, Verh. Zool. But. Gess. Wien. xiv. 912. 



\. Rhojibocoris syriacus. 

 .syriacus, Mayr^ Verh. Zool. Bot. Gess. Wien. xiv. 912. 

 :Syria. 



2. Rhombocoris similis. 

 ^imilis, Magr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gess. IVien. xiv. 912. 

 Auckland. 



Genus 28. EPIPEDUS, C. H. 256. 

 1. Epipedus histrio, C. H. 256. 

 ,«. Brazil. From M. Mornay's collection. 



Genus 29. APLEROTUS, C. II. 256. 



1. Aplerotus maculatus, C. //. 256. 



fl, b. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



/', d. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



