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  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Dallas's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  

  

  basal 
  portion. 
  Breast 
  somewhat 
  fulvous, 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  blackish 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  sternum 
  deeply 
  furrowed, 
  impunctate. 
  Legs 
  fulvous, 
  

   very 
  pilose 
  ; 
  claws 
  tipped 
  with 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  coria- 
  

   ceous 
  portion 
  testaceous, 
  not 
  very 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  

   the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  finer 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  margins 
  ; 
  

   the 
  disc 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  submarginal 
  

   nervure, 
  and 
  an 
  indistinct 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  within 
  this, 
  

   running 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  membrane 
  brown, 
  with 
  white 
  nervures. 
  Margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  testaceous, 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  and 
  fringed 
  

   like 
  the 
  thorax 
  with 
  hairs, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  each 
  

   segment. 
  Abdomen 
  beneath 
  fulvous, 
  pilose, 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  disc 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  band 
  formed 
  of 
  con- 
  

   fluent 
  black 
  points 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  ; 
  apical 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  vulvar 
  plates 
  black. 
  

  

  Family 
  PENTATOMID^. 
  

   Genus 
  Tropicoris, 
  Hahn. 
  

   This 
  genus, 
  established 
  by 
  Hahn 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  Cimex 
  

   rufipcs, 
  Linn 
  , 
  has 
  hitherto 
  contained 
  only 
  that 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  placed 
  

   among 
  the 
  Rhaplngastrides 
  by 
  Amyot 
  and 
  Serville, 
  the 
  typical 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  having 
  a 
  very 
  minute 
  spine 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  but 
  

   it 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  rather 
  ;is 
  a 
  transition 
  from 
  that 
  group 
  to 
  the 
  

   true 
  Pentatomides, 
  — 
  the 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  now 
  to 
  describe 
  not 
  

   possessing 
  the 
  slightest 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  ventral 
  spine, 
  although 
  in 
  most 
  

   other 
  respects 
  agreeing 
  precisely 
  with 
  the 
  T. 
  riifipes. 
  

  

  I'ropicorts 
  latus, 
  n. 
  s. 
  (PI. 
  L 
  fig. 
  5.) 
  

   T. 
  supra 
  griseo-fuscus, 
  nigro-punctatus, 
  subtus 
  cum 
  pedibus 
  

   fulvus 
  ; 
  capite, 
  thorace 
  antice, 
  abdominisque 
  marginibus 
  

   nigro-Eeneis, 
  his 
  albido-maculatis 
  ; 
  puncto 
  albiclo 
  in 
  singulo 
  

   elytro. 
  5 
  . 
  

   Long. 
  lin. 
  6 
  (0.012). 
  

   Hab. 
  in 
  Brasilia? 
  In 
  my 
  own 
  collection. 
  

  

  Broadly 
  ovate, 
  above 
  brown, 
  very 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  

   with 
  black. 
  Head 
  above 
  blackish, 
  tinged 
  with 
  brassy 
  green, 
  with 
  

   the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  lobe 
  orange 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  in 
  this 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  scarcely 
  meet 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  lobe 
  ; 
  beneath 
  pale 
  ful- 
  

   vous, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  punctures. 
  Eyes 
  brown 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  reddish. 
  

  

  