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dull orange-yellow, variegated with black. Abdomen bene 

 testaceous, shining, very finely punctured with brown, with thr _ . 

 rows of small black spots, placed, one in the centre, and one on 

 each side, of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth segments. Ven- 

 tral spine very short. Breast concolorous with the abdomen, 

 covered with fine brown punctures. Legs orange or ferruginous. 

 Rostrum reddish testaceous, with the apex pitchy. Antenn 

 slender, ferruginous, with the tips of the two last joints blackish. 



a. N. America. From Lieut. Redman's Collection. 



b. Cincinnati. Presented by G. Lea, Esq. 



c. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



d. N. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



14. ARMA didyma. 



Pentatoma didyma, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 128. Hem. pi. 9. fig. : 



(1805). 

 Anna didyma, Amyot fy Serv. Hem. 85. 2 (1843). 



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



b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



15. ARMA fuscescens, n. s. 



A. fusco-grisea, fusco-punctata ; thoracis spinis validis, acutis 

 postice emarginatis, nigris ; pedibus antennisque testaceis ; 

 rostro fusco, articulo basali testaceo. $ . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above griseous, thickly and finely punctured. Thor 

 brownish, very thickly punctured, with the lateral angles pr 

 duced into strong, acute, black spines, slightly emarginate pos 

 teriorly ; the antero-lateral margins blackish, denticulated. Scu 

 tellum brownish, very thickly and finely punctured, scarcely longe 

 than the width of its base. Elytra not reaching beyond the apex 

 of the abdomen, with the coriaceous portion griseous, thickly 

 and finely punctured with brown ; membrane brownish, semi- 

 transparent, with a dark brown spot at the apex. Margins < 

 the abdomen variegated with dull orange and black. Body 

 beneath brownish, shining, very thickly punctured with black ; 

 abdomen with a narrow impunctate space down the middle. 

 Legs testaceous, with the tarsi brownish. Rostrum dark brou 

 with the basal joint testaceous. Antenna slender, testaceou 

 with the apex of the fourth joint dusky (fifth wanting). 

 a. Mexico. 



Genus 13. HOPLOXYS, n. g. 



Head rounded in front, central lobe longer than the later: 

 Rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae, of four joints, second 



