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tennae ferruginous, with the second joint much shorter than the 

 third ; fourth and fifth wanting. 



a. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



6. EUSCHISTUS crocipes. 



Pentatoma crocipes, Hope, Cat. 40? (1837). 



a. S. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



7. EUSCHISTUS atrox. 



Pentatoma atrox, Hope, Cat. 40? (1837). 



a. Cayenne. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



b. Columbia. From Dr. Cuming's Collection. 



8. EUSCHISTUS pallipes, n. s. 



E. supra fusco-griseus, nigro-punctatus, thorace acute spinoso ; 

 corpora subtus virescenti-luteo ; pedibus luteis, punctis obso- 

 letis fuscis ; antennis luteis, articulis 2 ultimis fulvis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4J-5, lat. hum. 3-3 J. 



Above greyish brown, or griseous, thickly and finely punctured 

 with black. Head rounded in front, with the central lobe as 

 long as the lateral. Thorax with the lateral margins somewhat 

 irregularly denticulated, the lateral angles spinous, very acute. 

 Scutellum with the apical margin whitish. Membrane semi- 

 transparent, brownish. Margins of the abdomen variegated with 

 black and pale yellow. Body beneath pale greenish yellow. 

 Legs yellow, with a few indistinct brown spots. Rostrum yellow, 

 with the tip black. Antennae with the three basal joints pale 

 yellow, the second not much more than half the length of the 

 third ; the fourth and fifth joints fulvous. 



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



9. EUSCHISTUS bifibula. 



Pentatoma bifibula, Pal. Eeauv. Ins. 148. Hem. pi. 10. fig. 5? 

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



10. EUSCHISTUS cognatus, n. s. 



E. prsecedenti valde affinis, at magis elongatus; supra griseo- 

 luteus nigro-punctatus; thorace cariua transversa suhundata 

 inter humeros spinosos ; corpore subtus pedibusque ochreis ; 

 rostro albido, apice nigro. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5J, lat. hum. 3|. 



Above pale greyish yellow, finely punctured with black. Head 

 rounded at the apex, the central lobe longer than the lateral. 

 Thorax with the lateral margins finely, but not acutely denticu- 

 lated, the lateral angles strongly spinous and acute, with a trans- 



