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Scutellum ; apex narrow, rounded, broadly yellowish, the punctures 

 in the centre of the base distant. Elytra : Corium ; anterior and 

 posterior margins slightly rounded ; disk finer punctured than the 

 pronotum ; across the base a black patch ; Membrane brownish, 

 transparent, with 8 nerves shaded on each side with a darker tint ; 

 at the inner basal angle a black spot, and a larger, distinct one 

 beyond. Wings diaphanous, with a greenish shade ; from the an- 

 terior margin, opposite the spot on the membrane, a crescent- 

 formed, dark cloud extends across to the fold. Legs ochreous, finely 

 black-punctured, and with long hairs ; on the thighs beneath, beyond 

 the middle, one or two black spots larger than the rest, and a black 

 spot within the apex ; tibiae beneath, with a black spot at the base, 

 the inner side of the apex also black ; tarsi hairy, 1st joint except 

 the base, and the 3rd joint, black ; 2nd and base of the 1st, yellow. 



Abdomen above subconvex, black ; Connexivum black, with a large 

 subquadrate, yellow spot in the middle of each segment. Underside 

 rufo-luteous, with 4 longitudinal series of black punctures, more or 

 less distinct. 



Length, 4 5^- lines. 



Common in autumn. 



Species 3. PENTATOMA JUNIPERINUM. 



CIMEX JUNIPERINTJS, Lin. F. S. 249, 930 (1761) ; S. K. 1, 722, 48 

 (1767) ; De G. Mem. iii, 231 & 253, i, pi. 13, 

 fig. 1, 2 (1773) ; Fab. E. S. iv, 109, 113 (1794) ; 

 S. K 167, 60 (1803); Panz. E. G. 33, 14; 

 JTolf f Ic. Cim. 54, t. 6, fig. 51 (1801); Fall. 

 Mon. Cim. 47, 12 (1807) ; Hem. Suec. 28, 11 

 (1829); Zett. P. Ins. Lap. i, 465, 7 (1828); 

 Ins. Lap. 260, 7 (1840). 



PENTATOMA JUNIPERINA, Hahn, Wauz. ii, 61, t. 49, fig. 150 (1834) ; Am. 

 etServ. Hem. 132, 5 (1843); Sahib. Geoc. 

 Ten. 26, 3 (1848). 

 JUNIPERINUM, H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i, 56, 92 (1835) ; Flor, 



Rhyn. Liv. i, 132, 2 (1860). 



CAUPOCORIS JUNIPERINA, Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv, 50, 175 (1846). 

 PENTATOMA JUNIPERI, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 336, 3 (1861). 



Deep green above and beneath, slightly shining, very finely punc- 

 tured ; sides of the pronotwm, base of the anterior margin of the 



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