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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomidae. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Knight. 
  The 
  principal 
  character 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  extra- 
  

   ordinary 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  a 
  point 
  not 
  observed 
  by- 
  

   Walker 
  in 
  the 
  badly 
  pinned 
  specimen 
  which 
  formed 
  his 
  type. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  nearest 
  allied 
  to 
  Oncozygidea, 
  Reut. 
  

  

  Gambiana 
  asper. 
  

   Podops 
  asper, 
  Walk. 
  Cat. 
  Het. 
  i. 
  p. 
  72 
  (1867). 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Gambia 
  (Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  excellent 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  Graphosomatinre, 
  Schou- 
  

   teden 
  considered 
  that 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  he 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  

   aspera, 
  might 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Scotinophora 
  fibu- 
  

   lata, 
  Germ. 
  The 
  present 
  figure 
  and 
  above 
  description 
  will 
  

   serve 
  to 
  prevent 
  further 
  misconception. 
  The 
  pronotum 
  is 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  ochraceously 
  pilose. 
  

  

  Amberiana, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  breadth 
  at 
  base 
  between 
  eyes, 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  strongly 
  sinuate, 
  the 
  apical 
  marginal 
  

   area 
  rounded, 
  central 
  lobe 
  prominent 
  but 
  not 
  distinctly 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  beyond 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  slightly 
  

   refiexed 
  ; 
  eyes 
  laterally 
  prominent 
  ; 
  antennae 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  joint 
  short, 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  first, 
  third 
  longer 
  than 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  together, 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  joint 
  or 
  joints 
  mutilated 
  in 
  the 
  specimens 
  now 
  before 
  

   me 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  near 
  base, 
  almost 
  as 
  far 
  from 
  eyes 
  as 
  from 
  each 
  

   other; 
  pronotum 
  about 
  twice 
  broader 
  at 
  base 
  than 
  medial 
  

   length, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  lobately 
  ampliate, 
  not 
  serrate, 
  on 
  

   anterior 
  half 
  more 
  strongly 
  lobately 
  ampliate 
  and 
  continued 
  

   considerably 
  beyond 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  eyes, 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   half 
  less 
  ampliate, 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  subprominent, 
  

   anterior 
  margin 
  a 
  little 
  concave, 
  posterior 
  margin 
  truncate, 
  

   the 
  cicatrices 
  prominent 
  and 
  broad, 
  behind 
  them 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   transverse 
  impression 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  short, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad 
  at 
  base, 
  the 
  disk 
  moderately 
  globose, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   oblique 
  for 
  about 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  and 
  then 
  straightly 
  

   narrowed 
  to 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  rounded, 
  a 
  black 
  levigate 
  spot 
  

   at 
  each 
  basal 
  angle 
  ; 
  corium 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head 
  and 
  

   pronotum 
  together, 
  broad, 
  apex 
  broadly 
  angularly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  

   membrane 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  abdominal 
  apex, 
  the 
  veins 
  

   broadly 
  reticulate 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  long, 
  reaching 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  in 
  $ 
  , 
  base 
  of 
  fifth 
  in 
  $ 
  , 
  first 
  joint 
  

   reaching 
  base 
  of 
  head, 
  third 
  joint 
  a 
  little 
  longest; 
  meso- 
  

   sternum 
  centrally 
  sulcate 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  broadly, 
  centrally, 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  sulcate; 
  legs 
  moderately 
  short, 
  anterior 
  femora 
  

  

  