﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomiduu. 
  243 
  

  

  Polytes 
  fenestra. 
  

  

  Poly 
  tes 
  fenestra, 
  Bredd. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  xviii. 
  p. 
  122 
  (1903) 
  ; 
  Schout. 
  iii 
  

   Wytsm. 
  Gen. 
  Ins. 
  fasc. 
  xxiv. 
  pi. 
  iii. 
  %. 
  4 
  (1904). 
  

  

  Var. 
  — 
  Differs 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  Schou- 
  

   teden 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  central 
  black 
  longitudinal 
  fascia 
  to 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  obliquely 
  branching 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  middle 
  to 
  

   lateral 
  margins. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  E. 
  Peru; 
  Marcapata 
  (Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Polytes 
  rubr'omaculatus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  very 
  narrowly 
  

   ochraceous 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  suboblong 
  sanguineous 
  spots 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  middle 
  and 
  which 
  nearly 
  reach 
  base, 
  but 
  only 
  

   extend 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  middle 
  anteriorly; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  ati 
  

   oblique 
  sanguineous 
  fascia 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  two 
  more 
  

   longitudinal 
  sanguineous 
  fascise, 
  somewhat 
  close 
  together, 
  on 
  

   apical 
  area; 
  body 
  beneath 
  and 
  legs 
  shining 
  blackish; 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  piceous, 
  first, 
  second, 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  short, 
  almost 
  

   subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  joints 
  much 
  longer 
  and 
  

   about 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  head 
  thickly 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  

   pronotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  thickly 
  punctate, 
  but 
  less 
  so 
  on 
  the 
  

   sanguineous 
  spots 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joint 
  black; 
  body 
  beneath 
  thickly, 
  rather 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  

   posterior 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  and 
  anal 
  segments 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  prosternum 
  very 
  narrowly 
  ochraceous. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ecuador 
  ; 
  Santa 
  Inez 
  (R. 
  Haensch, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Polytes 
  leopardinus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  sanguineous, 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  striped 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  with 
  six 
  longitudinal 
  

   black 
  stripes, 
  the 
  lateral 
  ones 
  broadest, 
  the 
  two 
  central 
  ones 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  fused 
  and 
  obliquely 
  widened 
  posteriorly, 
  ex- 
  

   treme 
  lateral 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  

   six 
  longitudinal 
  black 
  stripes, 
  the 
  outermost 
  short 
  and 
  oblique 
  

   on 
  basal 
  area, 
  intermediate 
  stripe 
  discontinuous, 
  the 
  two 
  

   central 
  stripes 
  continuous, 
  more 
  longitudinal, 
  and 
  broadened 
  

   at 
  their 
  bases 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  a 
  lunate 
  spot 
  

   at 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  two 
  contiguous 
  spots 
  near 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  (narrowly) 
  of 
  prosternum, 
  and 
  

   costal 
  spots 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  piceous, 
  buccuhe 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  ; 
  head 
  thickly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  antennae 
  mutilated 
  in 
  tvpical 
  

  

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