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whitish, shaded with dusky; in the centre an interrupted, faint 

 whitish line ; at each basal angle a large, ovate, oblique, shining 

 white nodule. Elytra : Gorium whitish, shaded with brown ; Mem- 

 brane brownish. Sternum strongly punctured, luteous, the sides 

 more or less black. Legs pale yellow; thighs with black-brown 

 punctures in rows, and beyond the middle with a large sub-annular 

 black spot; tibiae more or less black-punctured in rows, and two 

 larger spots on the outer side near the base ; tarsi piceous, the base 

 of each joint paler. 



Abdomen above black, beneath finely punctured, coppery-black, 

 laterally with a regular, broad yellowish band, and more centrally on 

 the posterior segments with an irregular broad yellowish band; 

 stigmata black ; Connexivum above, externally yellow, with narrow 

 black interruptions ; internally black ; beneath yellow with narrow 

 black intervals. 



Length, 2| 3 lines. 



Scarce. New Forest (Eev. T. A. Marshall). 



Genus 2. PENTATOMA, Latr. 

 Oval, subtriangular in front. 



Head elongate; Face widened before the eyes, then gradually 

 narrower and rounded to the apex; side lobes wide, central lobe 

 narrow. Antennae moderate or slender. Eyes moderate. Ocelli 

 small. Hostrum 4-jointed, slender, reaching at least to the 2nd pair 

 of COXSB, 2nd joint longest ; rostral channel shallow, sides a little 

 produced in front. 



Thorax. Pronotum very broad, subconvex, hexangular, hinder 

 angles rounded, or sometimes much produced. Scutellum at least 

 JT the length of the abdomen, subtriangular, base convex, sides 

 sinuate, being constricted beyond the middle. Elytra generally 

 not covering the connexivum ; Corium, outer margin rounded, pos- 

 terior margin straight or rounded; Membrane with 7 9 nerves. 

 Sternum: Prosternum ; on each side a transverse channel; Meso- 

 sternum with a slight keel. Legs moderate ; tibia outwardly with 

 the margins reflexed, forming a long channel; tarsi; 1st and 3rd 

 joints in length subequal, or the 1st longest, 2nd short. 



Abdomen, above subconvex, beneath convex ; Connexivum generally 

 recurved. 



