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eral margins and the posterior half of the apical segment, red ; 

 the anal apparatus, and four spots on each lateral margin, black. 

 Breast brassy black, punctured. Legs brassy black, shining. 

 Rostrum pitchy. Antennae black. 

 a. Mexico. 



9. STIRETRUS pulchellus. 



Pentatoma pulchella, Hope, Cat. 42 (1837). 

 Stiretrus personatus, Germ. Zeits. i. 16. 12 (1839). 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



b. Mexico. 



10. STIRETRUS fimbriatus. 



Tetyra fimbriata, Say, Am. Ent. t. 43. fig. 1 (1828). 

 Asopus variegatus, H. Schdff. Wanz. iv. 90. 1. 13?. fig. 427 (1839). 

 Stiretrus fimbriatus, Germ. Zeits. i. 16. 13 (1839). 

 a. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



11. STIRETRUS decemguttatus. 



Scutellera decemguttata, Le P. fy Serv. Enc. x. 410. 2 (1825). 

 Stiretrus decemguttatus, Lap. Hem. pi. 55. fig. 8 (1832) ; Germ. 



Zeits. i. 17. 15 (1839); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 76. 3 (1843); H. 



Schdff. Wanz. v. 3. t. 145. fig. 455 (1839). 

 Asopus decemguttatus, H. Schdff. Wanz. iv. 87. t. 136. fig. 421 



(1839). 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



c. Bahia. Presented by M. Reiche. 



12. STIRETRUS rubromaculatus. 



Stiretrus rubromaculatus, Hope, Cat. 18 (1837). 

 Stiretrus septemguttatus, var. Germ. Zeits. i. 17 (1839). 

 a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



13. STIRETRUS decastigma. 



Asopus decastigma,H. Schdff. Wanz. iv. 87-t. 136. fig. 422(1839). 

 Stiretrus septemguttatus, Germ. Zeits. i. 17- 14. 1. 1. fig. 5 (1839). 

 a. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



14. STIRETRUS atricapillus. 



Stiretrus atricapillus, Hope, Cat. 18 (1837); Germ. Zeits. i. 18. 

 16 (1839) ; H. Schdff. Wanz. v. 4. t. 145. fig. 456 (1839). 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



c. Brazil. 



d. Bahia. Presented by M. Reiche. 



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