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XXIV. Neotropical Pentatomide and Coreide. By 
W. L. Distant. 
[Read August 3rd, 1881.] 
Havine recently, in ‘ Biologia Centrali Americana,’ worked 
out the Central-American Pentatomide and Coreide, so 
far as materials sufficed, I beg here to add the descriptions 
of a few more species belonging to those families, from 
other portions of the Neotropical region, including one 
from Nicaragua not included in the above mentioned 
work. 
PENTATOMIDA. 
FEidessa tauriformis, n. 8. 
Above with head, pronotum and scutellum olivaceous, 
antenne testaceous, pronotal protuberances black, corium 
dull dark testaceous, with the costal margin ochraceous, 
inwardly bordered with fuscous. Connexivum ochraceous, 
membrane cupreous. Under side of body and legs tes- 
taceous; anterior mareins of pro-, meso-, and meta- 
sternums, segmental incisures, and three longitudinal 
fasciz, one central and two lateral to abdomen, fuscous. 
Antenne with the second joint a little longer than the 
third, fourth almost as long as second and third together 
(fifth wanting). Head somewhat obscurely, irregu- 
larly, and transversely striate. Pronotum very coarsely 
punctate and rugulose, especially on disk, pronotal 
angles produced into long and somewhat slender horns, 
directed a little forwards, with their apices subacute and 
slichtly recurved. Scutellum not reaching apex of 
corium, basal portion very coarsely punctate, apical half 
much more finely so, and sulcated at apex. Corium 
very thickly and finely punctate. Long. 19mm. Lat. 
pronot. angl. 20 mm. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales. 
This species belongs to that group of the genus in 
which the lateral angles of the pronotum are largely 
produced with the apices subacute, and is allied to 
E. hamata, Walk. It will be figured in the Appendix to 
the Rhynchotal portion of ‘ Biologia Centrali Americana.’ 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1881.—PaRT UI. (SEPT.) 
