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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  Pentatomidge. 
  

  

  tudinal, 
  not 
  anastomosed 
  : 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  

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

   to 
  nearly 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  ; 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  spine 
  distinct, 
  

   not 
  passing 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae; 
  odoriferous 
  apertures 
  distinct, 
  

   transverse, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  coxae 
  and 
  trochanters 
  together 
  ; 
  

   femora 
  moderately 
  incrassate, 
  tarsi 
  two-jointed, 
  first 
  joint 
  a 
  

   little 
  shorter 
  than 
  second. 
  

  

  A 
  genus 
  apparently 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  near 
  Hellica, 
  Stal, 
  and 
  

   Sniploa, 
  Sign. 
  

  

  Ea 
  australis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Olivaceous 
  green, 
  thickly, 
  coarsely, 
  darkly 
  punctate 
  ; 
  an- 
  

   tennae, 
  rostrum, 
  body 
  beneath, 
  and 
  legs 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  lateral 
  spots 
  to 
  pro-, 
  meso-, 
  and 
  metasterna, 
  lateral 
  

   marginal 
  abdominal 
  spots 
  inwardly 
  preceded 
  and 
  united 
  to 
  

   an 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  submarginal 
  fascia, 
  carmine-red 
  ; 
  

   margins 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  and 
  basal 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  

   corium 
  very 
  narrowly 
  and 
  obscurely 
  ochraceous, 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  of 
  the 
  pronotal 
  lateral 
  angles 
  narrowly 
  black 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  distinctly 
  transversely 
  striate 
  ; 
  pronotum, 
  

   scutellum, 
  and 
  corium 
  distinctly 
  rugulose 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  coarsely 
  

   punctate 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  central 
  

   longitudinal 
  linear 
  ridge; 
  membrane 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  a 
  

   central 
  and 
  apical 
  castaneous 
  suffusion 
  ; 
  connexivum 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous, 
  with 
  large 
  black 
  spots 
  ; 
  other 
  structural 
  characters 
  as 
  

   in 
  generic 
  diagnosis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  10^—11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Patagonia; 
  Valle 
  del 
  Lago 
  Blanco 
  (Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Synonymical 
  Notes. 
  

  

  I 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  for 
  substituting 
  new 
  names 
  for 
  

   some 
  that 
  have 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  preoccupied. 
  

  

  Neocensorinus, 
  n. 
  nom. 
  

  

  Censorinus, 
  Dist. 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (8) 
  vi. 
  p. 
  598(1910), 
  nom. 
  

   prseocc. 
  

  

  Aspongopus 
  circumclusus, 
  n. 
  nom. 
  

  

  Asponr/opus 
  circumcinctus, 
  Dist. 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (8) 
  vi. 
  p. 
  221 
  

   (1910), 
  norn. 
  preeocc. 
  

  

  Penthimia 
  reticulosa, 
  n. 
  nom. 
  

  

  Penthimia 
  reticulata, 
  Dist. 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Relg. 
  1908, 
  p. 
  108, 
  nom. 
  

   prreocc. 
  

  

  