﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomidse. 
  251 
  

  

  Murgantia 
  simulans, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Dark 
  metallic 
  blue; 
  lateral, 
  posterior, 
  and 
  subanterior 
  

   margins 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  two 
  lateral 
  united 
  by 
  a 
  central 
  

   longitudinal 
  fascia, 
  a 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  fascia 
  and 
  apex 
  to 
  

   scutellum, 
  basal 
  lateral 
  margin 
  and 
  a 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  

   (beyond 
  middle) 
  to 
  corium 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  apical 
  margins 
  

   of 
  membrane 
  somewhat 
  broadly 
  greyish 
  ; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  

   sternum 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  metasternum 
  and 
  

   margins 
  of 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  (broadest 
  medially) 
  pale 
  

   ochraceous 
  ; 
  antennae 
  dark 
  bluish 
  black, 
  second 
  joint 
  slightly 
  

   longer 
  than 
  first, 
  shorter 
  than 
  third, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  slightly 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  fourth 
  (fifth 
  mutilated 
  in 
  typical 
  specimen) 
  ; 
  

   head 
  distinctly 
  depressed 
  near 
  base 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  distinctly 
  and 
  

   broadly 
  transversely 
  depressed 
  near 
  middle, 
  sparingly 
  coarsely 
  

   punctate 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  ochraceous 
  markings, 
  which 
  are 
  

   impunctate, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  distinctly 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   with 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  moderately 
  gibbous 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  

   wrinkled, 
  remaining 
  area 
  (excluding 
  the 
  ochraceous 
  portions, 
  

   which 
  are 
  impunctate) 
  thickly 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  corium 
  

   thickly 
  finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  membrane 
  passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   apex. 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Peru; 
  Chandramayo 
  (Rosenberg, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  M. 
  bifasciata, 
  Herr.-Sch., 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  

   by 
  the 
  unicolorous 
  and 
  more 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  head, 
  the 
  

   ochraceous 
  posterior 
  pronotal 
  margin, 
  the 
  more 
  distinctly 
  

   gibbous 
  basal 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  fascia 
  and 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  fascia 
  

   to 
  same 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  differently 
  coloured, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Banasa. 
  

   Banasa, 
  StSl, 
  Rio 
  Hem. 
  i. 
  p. 
  24 
  (1860). 
  

   Type, 
  B. 
  induta, 
  Stal. 
  

  

  Banasa 
  salvini, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Above 
  pale 
  greenish 
  ; 
  head, 
  anterior 
  half 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  

   body 
  beneath, 
  and 
  legs 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  membrane 
  hyaline, 
  

   passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  somewhat 
  reddish 
  

   tint 
  and 
  darkly 
  punctate, 
  excluding 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   central 
  disk 
  it 
  is 
  levigate, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  antennas 
  greenish, 
  first 
  

   joint 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  third 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   second, 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  fourth, 
  which 
  is 
  subequal 
  to 
  

   fifth 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  sparingly 
  distinctly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

  

  