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  Mr. 
  Wr 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomidse. 
  

  

  XXVIII.— 
  Rhynchotal 
  Notes.— 
  LIU. 
  By 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant. 
  

  

  Neotropical 
  Pentatomida?. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Galeacius. 
  

   Galeacius, 
  Dist 
  Biol. 
  Centra 
  Am., 
  Jlet. 
  i. 
  p. 
  31G 
  (1889). 
  

  

  Type, 
  G. 
  tessellatus, 
  Dist. 
  

  

  Galeacius 
  crowleyi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  pale 
  castaneous, 
  apex 
  of 
  central 
  lobe 
  dull 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous; 
  antennas 
  ochraceous, 
  second 
  joint 
  fuscous, 
  first 
  joint 
  

   not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  first, 
  second, 
  and 
  third 
  

   joints 
  short, 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  longest 
  and 
  

   subeqnal 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  and 
  anterior 
  areas 
  

   ochraceous, 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  brownish 
  ocbraceous, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  anterior 
  area 
  appears 
  as 
  an 
  elongate 
  spot, 
  angularly 
  

   narrowed 
  and 
  produced 
  posteriorly 
  with 
  its 
  base 
  dark 
  casta- 
  

   neous, 
  the 
  produced 
  lateral 
  angles 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  waved 
  

   transverse 
  castaneous 
  line, 
  their 
  apiees 
  broadly 
  obliquely 
  

   truncate, 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  lougitudinal 
  fascia 
  on 
  

   each 
  side; 
  scutellum 
  brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  large 
  pale 
  

   ochraceous 
  marginal 
  spots, 
  situate 
  two 
  at 
  base, 
  two 
  on 
  each 
  

   lateral 
  margin, 
  and 
  two 
  subapical, 
  the 
  apex 
  also 
  broadly 
  pale 
  

   ochraceous, 
  all 
  these 
  spots 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  narrowly 
  mar- 
  

   gined 
  with 
  castaneous, 
  and 
  the 
  subapical 
  spots 
  are 
  posteriorly 
  

   sinuate; 
  body 
  beneath 
  and 
  legs 
  ochraceous; 
  head 
  beneath, 
  

   a 
  central 
  fascia 
  to 
  sternum, 
  broad 
  lateral 
  fascise 
  to 
  abdomen 
  

   (transversely 
  connected 
  before 
  apex) 
  piceous 
  or 
  black; 
  

   rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxse, 
  its 
  apex 
  black 
  ; 
  femora 
  

   and 
  tibiae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  annulated 
  with 
  pale 
  ochraceous. 
  

  

  Long., 
  $ 
  , 
  9 
  mm.; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brazil, 
  St. 
  Catherine 
  (Crowley 
  Bequest, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  G. 
  martini, 
  Schout., 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   separated, 
  apart 
  from 
  colour-differences, 
  by 
  the 
  apiees 
  of 
  the 
  

   strongly 
  produced 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  which 
  

   are 
  broadly 
  obliquely 
  truncate, 
  not 
  subangulate. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Polytes. 
  

  

  Polytes, 
  St81, 
  Ofv. 
  Vet.-Ak. 
  Forh. 
  1867, 
  p. 
  492. 
  

   Type, 
  P. 
  lincolatiis, 
  Dall. 
  

  

  