﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomidge. 
  257 
  

  

  area 
  of 
  pronotum 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  sublateral 
  margins 
  of 
  

   same, 
  basal 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  scutellum 
  (widened 
  near 
  basal 
  

   angles), 
  and 
  clavus 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  sanguineous 
  ; 
  corium 
  on 
  

   apical 
  area 
  suffused 
  with 
  blackish 
  ; 
  connexivum 
  pale 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous, 
  with 
  large 
  black 
  spots 
  ; 
  membrane 
  greyish, 
  subhyaline, 
  

   not 
  passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  and 
  legs 
  

   ochraceous, 
  lateral 
  areas 
  of 
  sternum 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  

   sanguineous 
  ; 
  antennae 
  ochraceous, 
  first 
  joint 
  longly 
  passing 
  

   apex 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  itself, 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  apex 
  of 
  third 
  black, 
  remaining 
  

   joints 
  mutilated 
  in 
  typical 
  specimen 
  ; 
  head 
  sparsely 
  punctate 
  

   and 
  very 
  finely 
  transversely 
  striate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   refiexed 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  thickly 
  somewhat 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  oblique, 
  very 
  slightly 
  sinuate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   angles 
  subprominent, 
  rounded, 
  and 
  with 
  their 
  margins 
  black 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  somewhat 
  sparsely 
  punctate 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  subobsolete 
  

   pale 
  longitudinal 
  levigate 
  line; 
  corium 
  thickly 
  punctate; 
  

   abdomen 
  beneath 
  sparsely 
  very 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   central 
  longitudinal 
  dark 
  fasciate 
  line 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  coxae, 
  with 
  its 
  apex 
  black 
  ; 
  odoriferous 
  apertures 
  

   shortly 
  produced. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Patagonia; 
  V. 
  del 
  LagoXanco 
  (Chubut, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  P. 
  bimaculatus, 
  Sign., 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  second 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  absence 
  

   of 
  the 
  pale 
  spot 
  to 
  corium, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Ea, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Moderately 
  flat, 
  subovate 
  ; 
  head 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  between 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  as 
  long, 
  lobes 
  of 
  equal 
  length, 
  but 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  a 
  little 
  obliquely 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  central, 
  which 
  

   makes 
  the 
  latter 
  appear 
  slightly 
  prominent; 
  ocelli 
  near 
  base, 
  

   much 
  nearer 
  to 
  eyes 
  than 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  antennas 
  five- 
  

   jointed, 
  basal 
  joint 
  robust, 
  slightly 
  passing 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  

   second 
  joint 
  slightly 
  longest, 
  third 
  short, 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  

   first, 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  subequal, 
  each 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   second 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  roundly 
  oblique, 
  very 
  slightly 
  sinuate, 
  lateral 
  

   angles 
  rounded, 
  not 
  prominent, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  concavely 
  

   sinuate, 
  anterior 
  angles 
  slightly 
  angularly 
  prominent, 
  basal 
  

   margin 
  almost 
  truncate; 
  scutellum 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  

   obliquely 
  narrowed 
  to 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  subangulate, 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  pronotum 
  ; 
  corium 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  scutellum 
  

   and 
  pronotum 
  together, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  straightly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  

   membrane 
  scarcely 
  passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex, 
  veins 
  longi- 
  

  

  Ann. 
  <k 
  May. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  vii. 
  17 
  

  

  