Mr. W. L. Distant on African PentatomidsB. 95 



considerably extending beyond the abdominal apex ; body 

 beneath imperfectly seen in carded type, but ochraceous, 

 darkly punctate, a broad submarginal longitudinal black 

 fascia extending through sternum and abdomen, on sternum 

 it is more marginal than submarginal, on prosternum con- 

 tains an angulate ochraceous spot ; legs ochraceous, posterior 

 femora with a subapical black annulation ; head about as 

 long as pronotum, central lobe somewhat raised and pro- 

 minent, its apex slightly projecting ; antennae with the first 

 and second joints luteous, third and fourth piceous (fifth 

 mutilated in type), basal joint not reaching apex of head, 

 second longer than either third or fourth. 



Long. 5 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 3 mm. 



Hab. Sudan; Kaig [Singer, Brit. Mus.). 



Genus Agonoscelis. 

 Agonoscelis, Spin. Ess. p. 327 (1837). 

 Type, A. nubila, Fabr. 



Agonoscelis odendaali, sp. n. 



A narrow oblong species, breadth between pronotal angles 

 about one-third the total length from apex of head to apex 

 of membrane. Above reddish testaceous, thickly coarsely 

 punctate ; head with the lateral margins and the margins of 

 the central lobe black ; antennae black, basal joint ochraceous 

 above ; pronotum with the lateral margins reflcxed and 

 ochraceous and with a black spot near the posterior angles ; 

 scutellum with the apical area very pale ochraceous ; body 

 beneath pale ochraceous ; two spots on each side of pro- and 

 mesosterna, a single spot on each side of mesosterna, the 

 spiracles and apical joint of rostrum (excluding base) black ; 

 head with eyes about as long as broad, about as long as pro- 

 notum, coarsely somewhat brownly punctate; pronotum 

 coarsely brownly punctate ; scutellum subtransversely rugose 

 on basal area, sometimes suffused with black on basal and. 

 lateral but not on apical area ; corium somewhat suffused 

 with reddish and more evenly coarsely punctate, the costal 

 area with blackish spots or punctures ; connexivum orange- 

 yellow, with a blackish linear spot on each side of the 

 incisures ; rostrum reaching the penultimate abdominal 

 segment; antennas with the second joint a little shorter than 

 the third ; membrane fuliginous, with the veins darker and 

 very prominent, considerably passing the abdominal apex. 



Long. 10-10^ mm. 



