Pentatominae. vii 
9 pulchra 
Caura pulchra Haglund 1894 O. V. A. F. LI. 403. 
10 rufiventris Angola; CapeColony; 
Cimex rufiveniris Germar 1837 Silb. Rev. Ent. V. 167. Natal; Meaaaeee 
Pentatoma rufiventre H-S. 1844 Wanz. VII. 96, f. 757—58. Nyasaland. 
P. rufiventris Stal 1865 Hem. Afr. I. 169. 
“12 superba Kamerun. 
Caura superba Karsch 1892 Ent. Nachr. XVIII. 164. 
C. caura Lethierry et Severin 1893 Cat. Hém. I. 131 (laps. ecal.). 
Kamerun. 
Erlangerella. 
Schouteden 1905 A. S. E. Belg. XLIX. 13 (type pulchra). 
1 pulehra Abyssinia. 
Erlangerella pulchra Schouteden 1. c. 
Proxys. 
Proxys Spinola 1837 Essai 325; Stal 1867 O. V. A. F. XXIV. 527; and 1872 Svensk. 
Vet. Handl. 10. no. 4. p. 29 (type victor). 
Prooxys Amyot et Serville 1843 Hém. 139 (“‘emend”). 
Proxis Spinola 1850 Mem. soc. ital. Modena XXX. 36 (laps. cal.). 
1 albopunctulatus ' Brazil; Grenada; St. 
— — Stoll Pun. f. 159 a. 2380. Vincent; Southern 
Pentatoma albopunctulata Palisot Beauvois 1805 Ins. Afr. United States; Pa- 
Amér. 130, Hém. Pl. 9. f. 8. nama. 
Cimex victor H-S. 1837 Wanz. IV. 21, f. 369 (not Fabr.). 
Hab. “swampy forest near the sea-shore, where the mangrove- 
py forest 1 g 
tree flourishes”. 
2 obtusicornis F Colombia. 
Proxys obtusicornis Stal 1872 1. ce. 
3 punctulatus United States; Cuba; 
Halys ? punctulata Pal. Beauv. 1805 op. cit. 188, Pl. 11. f. 9. Hispaniola; Mexico; 
Cimex victor Wolff 1811 Ic. Cim. V. 176, f. 175 (not Fabr.). Guatemala; Nicara- 
Pentatoma tenebrosa Say 1832 New sp. N. Amer. Ins. (N. gua; Fr.Guiana; Br. 
Harm.) 8; and 1859 Compl. Wr. I. 304. Honduras; Costa 
Prooxys delirator Amyot et Serville 1843 Hém. 140, Pl. 3. f. 7. Rica. 
(not Fabr.). 
P. brevispinus Guérin 1857 Sagra’s Cuba, Ins. 371. 
Proxys geniculata Stal 1862 Stett. H. Z. XXIII, 102. 
P. punctulatus Stal 1872 Svensk. Vet. Handl. 10. no. 4. p. 29. 
Feeds on Aletia [Lepid.]. ; 
Foodplant: Cotton (Ashmead 1895 Ins. Life VII. 320). 
4 vietor Mexico; Guatemala; / 
Cimex victor Fabricius 1775 Syst. Ent. 705. Nicaragua ; An- 5 a 
Proxys do. Stal 1872 1. c.; Distant 1880 B. C. A., Het. I. 62, tilles; Panama; Co- Jamaica 
Plea Los eee Brazil; ety uted 
Mecocephala. Trinidad. 
Dallas 1851 List 152 a. 180; Stal 1872 Svensk. Vet. Handl. 10. no. 4. p. 30 (type 
acuminata). : 
1 acuminata Uruguay; Argentine. 
Mecocephala acuminata Dallas 1851 1. ¢., Pl. 6. f. 3; Berg 
1884 Hem. Arg. Add. 25. 
22 darwini nov. nom. ; 3 
Mecocephala sp. Scudder 1890 Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. XIII. 
- 464, Pl. 28. f. 8. of Colorado. 
Miocene of Colorado. 
5 rubripes ; Paraguay. 
Mecocephala rubripes Berg 1894 Ann. Mus. Montevideo I. 18. 
