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PENTATOMA RUTILANS. 

 PLATE XIX. Fig. 2. 



Odessa rutilans, Fdbr. Cimex rutilans, Drury, Vol. iii. 

 46, fig. 5. 



In the present genus the scutellum is still large, 

 ut it covers only a portion of the abdomen. The 

 ntennee have the first or radical joint shortest ; the 

 bird joint sometimes longest, (as in Prufipes,) 

 ometimes shortest, (as in P. Baccarum, and P. 

 Jrisea.) The second and third joints of the rostrum 

 re rather longer than the others; anterior tibiae 

 ;otched before the apex ; tarsi three-jointed, the 

 riddle joint minute. (PL XVIII. fig. 9.) 



The species of this genus are more widely dis- 

 ributed than their near allies the scutellerae. Many 

 'rilliantly ornamented kinds inhabit the warmer 

 egions of Asia, Africa, and America; no small 

 umber are to be found in the continent of Europe ; 

 ,nd about fifteen are included in the lists of our in- 

 igenous insects. 



The beautiful species figured on PL XIX. at fig. 2. 

 j a native of Sierra Leone. The thorax is bright 

 lazarine blue, with a scarlet streak across the front ; 

 cutellum greenish blue, the tip and margins scarlet ; 

 temelytra blue ; abdomen scarlet, with dark blue 

 pots at regular intervals along the sides ; underside 

 -ellow ; legs and rostrum black. 



PENTATOMA (RAPHIGASTER) INCARNATUS. 



PLATE XIX. Fig. 3. 

 }imex incarnatus, Drury ii. PI. 36, fig. 5 Cimex nigripes, 



Fair StoWs dm. 2, 2 f, 10. 



Thorax deep orange red, edged anteriorly with 



