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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomidse. 
  

  

  as 
  long 
  as 
  first, 
  third 
  longest, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  subequal 
  in 
  

   length, 
  each 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  third 
  ; 
  antenniferous 
  tubercles 
  

   distinctly 
  outwardly 
  spined 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  eyes 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  

   about 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  long, 
  anterior 
  angles 
  shortly 
  

   transversely 
  spined, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  subprominent 
  and 
  

   emarginate, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  oblique, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  slightly 
  

   concave 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  shorter 
  than 
  corium, 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  together, 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   rounded 
  ; 
  corium 
  somewhat 
  apically 
  widened, 
  its 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  finely 
  sinuate 
  near 
  apex; 
  tegmina 
  somewhat 
  short, 
  

   the 
  veins 
  longitudinal, 
  not 
  anastomosed, 
  but 
  with 
  about 
  two 
  

   small 
  cells 
  near 
  base 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  slightly 
  passing 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   coxae, 
  first 
  joint 
  about 
  reaching 
  base 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  extending 
  

   midway 
  between 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  coxae 
  ; 
  third 
  

   almost 
  passing 
  intermediate 
  coxse 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  obso- 
  

   letely 
  centrally 
  longitudinally 
  sulcate 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  

   segments. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  Schaefferella, 
  but 
  apical 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  not 
  reflexed, 
  membranal 
  veins 
  not 
  anastomosed, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Herrichella 
  thoracica, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Black; 
  anterior 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  pronotum 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   ochraceous 
  ; 
  antennas 
  dark 
  chocolate-brown 
  ; 
  head 
  very 
  

   thickly 
  punctate 
  and 
  obliquely 
  striate 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  sub- 
  

   rugulose, 
  very 
  coarsely 
  blackly 
  punctate 
  at 
  base, 
  on 
  the 
  pale 
  

   area 
  equally 
  black 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  arranged 
  sparsely 
  in 
  

   clusters 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  subrugulose 
  and 
  sparsely 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

   tate, 
  the 
  apical 
  area 
  and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  finely 
  and 
  more 
  

   thickly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  corium 
  thickly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  membrane 
  dark 
  

   cupreous 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  thickly 
  punctate, 
  much 
  less 
  so 
  on 
  

   discal 
  ridge 
  of 
  abdomen 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  prosternum, 
  which 
  are 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  brownish 
  

   ochraceous 
  ; 
  other 
  structural 
  characters 
  as 
  in 
  generic 
  

   diagnosis. 
  

  

  Long., 
  ? 
  , 
  15 
  mm.; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Colombia; 
  Dagua 
  (Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Paralincus, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   central 
  lobe, 
  passing 
  its 
  apex 
  but 
  somewhat 
  widely 
  separated, 
  

   their 
  lateral 
  margins 
  moderately 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  exserted, 
  situate 
  between 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  wide 
  apart 
  near 
  base 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

   five-jointed, 
  first 
  joint 
  only 
  slightly 
  passing 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  

   second, 
  third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  joints 
  almost 
  subequal 
  in 
  

  

  