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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomidre. 
  

  

  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  remaining 
  four 
  joints 
  

   almost 
  subequal 
  in 
  length; 
  head 
  triangularly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  

   front, 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  central, 
  their 
  apices 
  

   acutely 
  narrowed, 
  longitudinally 
  ridged 
  and 
  slightly 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  wrinkled 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  reddish 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  a 
  little 
  concavely 
  sinuate 
  and 
  distinctly 
  serrate, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  angles 
  acutely 
  produced 
  and 
  slightly 
  directed 
  for- 
  

   wardly, 
  the 
  surface 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  and 
  more 
  obscurely 
  punc- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  finely 
  wrinkled, 
  more 
  distinctly 
  punctate 
  on 
  

   basal 
  than 
  on 
  apical 
  area 
  ; 
  corium 
  thickly 
  finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  

   membrane 
  hyaline, 
  slightly 
  minutely 
  spotted 
  with 
  ochraceous, 
  

   considerably 
  passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  

   paler 
  and 
  more 
  shining 
  in 
  hue, 
  legs 
  only 
  slightly 
  paler 
  than 
  

   surface 
  of 
  body 
  above 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxse 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  central 
  line 
  above. 
  

  

  Long., 
  ? 
  , 
  17 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  8| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brit. 
  Guiana 
  {A. 
  W. 
  Bartlett, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.) 
  . 
  

  

  A 
  narrow 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  in 
  that 
  respect 
  resembling 
  

   L. 
  variegata, 
  Dist. 
  

  

  Loxafryi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Body 
  above 
  olivaceous 
  green, 
  thickly 
  and 
  distinctly 
  punc- 
  

   tate; 
  body 
  beneath 
  much 
  paler 
  green; 
  antennas, 
  rostrum, 
  

   legs, 
  and 
  a 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  fascia 
  to 
  abdomen 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  

   head 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  central, 
  distinctly 
  

   passing 
  but 
  not 
  meeting 
  beyond 
  it, 
  their 
  margins 
  ridged, 
  

   finely 
  transversely 
  wrinkled, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  punctate 
  ; 
  antennas 
  

   with 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  longer 
  

   than 
  first, 
  shorter 
  than 
  third, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  subequal 
  in 
  

   length 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  subrugulose 
  and 
  thickly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  finely 
  serrate 
  and 
  moderately 
  concavely 
  

   sinuate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  black, 
  short, 
  acute, 
  directed 
  

   forwardly, 
  the 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  cicatrices 
  almost 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  and 
  punctured 
  ; 
  corium 
  thickly 
  

   finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  membrane 
  hyaline 
  and 
  passing 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   minal 
  apex 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm, 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brazil? 
  (Fry 
  Coll., 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  species 
  allied 
  to 
  and 
  resembling 
  L. 
  variegata, 
  

   Dist., 
  but 
  smaller, 
  the 
  lateral 
  pronotal 
  angles 
  shorter 
  and 
  

   much 
  more 
  anteriorly 
  directed, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Murgantia. 
  

   Murgantia, 
  St&l, 
  Stett. 
  ent. 
  Zeit. 
  xxiii. 
  p. 
  105 
  (1862). 
  

  

  Type, 
  M. 
  tessellata, 
  Amy. 
  & 
  Serv. 
  

  

  