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  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Pentutomidae. 
  

  

  joint 
  ochraceous, 
  first 
  joint 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  

   longest, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  subequal 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  nodulose, 
  a 
  

   more 
  distinct 
  oblong 
  nodule 
  near 
  centre 
  of 
  anterior 
  margin, 
  

   anterior 
  angular 
  spines 
  long, 
  curved 
  and 
  slender, 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  centrally 
  angulate 
  ; 
  scutellutn 
  with 
  a 
  centrally 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  ridge 
  not 
  reaching 
  apex 
  ; 
  lateral 
  abdominal 
  margins 
  

   strongly 
  obtusely 
  angularly 
  toothed. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Nab. 
  Centr. 
  China; 
  Kiukiang 
  (Pratt, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  M. 
  gracilicornis, 
  Dall., 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  

   differs 
  by 
  the 
  longer, 
  more 
  slender, 
  and 
  acute 
  anterior 
  pro- 
  

   no 
  tal 
  angles, 
  which 
  in 
  Dallas's 
  species 
  are 
  shorter, 
  broader, 
  

   flattened, 
  and 
  with 
  their 
  apices 
  acutely 
  pointed. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Sastragala. 
  

   Sastragala, 
  Amy. 
  & 
  Serv. 
  Hist. 
  H<§m. 
  p. 
  155 
  (1843). 
  

  

  Type, 
  S. 
  uniguttata, 
  Don. 
  

  

  Sastragala 
  quinguemaculata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  ochraceous, 
  the 
  latter 
  darkly 
  punc- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  lateral 
  pronotal 
  angles 
  and 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  coriutn 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  two 
  large 
  spots 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  scutel- 
  

   lum, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  oblique 
  spot 
  behind 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  costal 
  

   area 
  to 
  corium 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  membrane 
  pale 
  bronzy 
  sub- 
  

   hyaline; 
  body 
  beneath 
  ochraceous, 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  purplish 
  

   red 
  ; 
  antennie 
  ochraceous, 
  basal 
  joint 
  stoutest, 
  a 
  little 
  curved, 
  

   considerably 
  passing 
  apex 
  of 
  head, 
  second 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  either 
  first 
  or 
  third 
  and 
  subequal 
  to 
  fourth 
  ; 
  head 
  some- 
  

   what 
  irregularly 
  impressed; 
  pronotum 
  somewhat 
  sparingly 
  

   but 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  longly 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  and 
  recurved 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  more 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  ex- 
  

   cepting 
  the 
  ochraceous 
  markings, 
  which 
  are 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  

   corium 
  thickly 
  and 
  more 
  coarsely 
  punctate; 
  membrane 
  

   passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  ; 
  sternal 
  process 
  elevated, 
  com- 
  

   pressed, 
  anteriorly 
  extending 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  base 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  beneath 
  centrally 
  longitudinally 
  ridged 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  

   about 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxse. 
  

  

  Long., 
  ? 
  , 
  14^ 
  mm.; 
  exp. 
  pronot. 
  angl. 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  ; 
  Irisan, 
  Benquet 
  Prov., 
  Luzon 
  

   (R. 
  C. 
  McGregor, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  The 
  longly 
  produced 
  and 
  recurved 
  pronotal 
  angles 
  and 
  the 
  

   very 
  prominent 
  macular 
  markings 
  render 
  this 
  species 
  easily 
  

   recognizable. 
  

  

  