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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentatomidae. 
  

  

  and 
  somewhat 
  longly 
  pilose, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angular 
  areas 
  spotted 
  

   with 
  black 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  ochraceous, 
  somewhat 
  sparingly 
  darkly 
  

   punctate, 
  the 
  apex 
  broadly 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  corium 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  purplish, 
  thickly 
  finely 
  punctate; 
  membrane 
  pale 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous, 
  subhyaline, 
  the 
  basal 
  areas 
  reflecting 
  the 
  dark 
  abdomen 
  

   beneath, 
  somewhat 
  longly 
  passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  ; 
  con- 
  

   nexivum 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  large 
  black 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  

   the 
  incisures; 
  body 
  beneath 
  and 
  legs 
  pale 
  ochraceous; 
  

   sternal 
  spots, 
  spiracles, 
  small 
  scattered 
  spots 
  to 
  abdomen 
  

   beneath, 
  apex 
  of 
  rostrum, 
  apical 
  spots 
  to 
  femora, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   (mostly) 
  black; 
  rostrum 
  about 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae. 
  

  

  Long. 
  11-13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Corea; 
  Quelpart 
  Island 
  (S. 
  Ichikawa, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Hoplistodera. 
  

  

  Hoplistodera, 
  Westw. 
  in 
  Hope 
  Cat. 
  i. 
  p. 
  18 
  (1837). 
  

   Type, 
  H. 
  testacea, 
  Westw. 
  

  

  Hoplistodera 
  feryussoni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Brownish 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  antennae 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  

   stoutest, 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  joint 
  distinctly 
  

   longer 
  than 
  first, 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  third, 
  remaining 
  

   joints 
  mutilated 
  in 
  type; 
  head 
  with 
  the 
  central 
  lobe 
  promi- 
  

   nent, 
  its 
  apex 
  slightly 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  

   and 
  there 
  it 
  is 
  transversely 
  impressed, 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  and 
  basal 
  

   area 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  on 
  basal 
  area 
  the 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  arranged 
  in 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  fasciate 
  series 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  moderately 
  levigately 
  rugulose, 
  an 
  

   indistinct 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  levigate 
  line, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  

   distinctly 
  produced, 
  their 
  apices 
  acute 
  and 
  recurved 
  ; 
  scutel- 
  

   lum 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  on 
  apical 
  half 
  more 
  finely 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   punctate, 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  somewhat 
  transversely 
  rugulose; 
  

   corium 
  sparingly 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  more 
  coarsely 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   punctate 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  subclaval 
  areas 
  ; 
  membrane 
  pale 
  

   brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  subhyaline, 
  distinctly 
  passing 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   minal 
  apex 
  ; 
  sternum 
  distinctly, 
  abdomen 
  finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  

   connexivum 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   segmental 
  incisures. 
  

  

  Long. 
  1\ 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  6| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  China; 
  Mountains 
  50 
  miles 
  N.W. 
  of 
  Chengtu 
  

   (W. 
  N. 
  Fergusson, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Axiagastus. 
  

   Axiagastus, 
  Dall. 
  List 
  Hem. 
  i. 
  p. 
  221 
  (1851). 
  

   Type, 
  A. 
  rosmarus, 
  Dall. 
  

  

  