HEMIPTERA. 207 



16. EUSCHISTUS punctipes. 



Pentatoma punctipes, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. iv. 314. 



5 (1824). 



Cimex sordidus, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 70. t. 204. fig. 637 (1842). 

 Pentatoma sordidum, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 95 (1844). 



a. N. America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's Collection. 



c. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 



d. . From Mr. Children's Collection. 



17- EUSCHISTUS luridus, n. s. PI. VII. fig. 6. 



E. prsecedentibus affinis, supra griseus, fusco-punctatus vel fus- 

 cus, nigro-punctatus ; humeris prominulis, rotundatis ; mem- 

 brana fusco-punctata ; corpore subtus luteo vel fulvo, abdo- 

 mine serie longitudinali macularum nigrarum ; pedibus luteis, 

 fusco-punctatis ; antennis rufis, articulo quarto apice, quinto- 

 que basi excepto, nigris. <? $ . 

 Long. lin. 4^-5 J. 



Ovate, above griseous or brown, thickly and finely punctured 

 with brown or black. Head rounded in front. Thorax with the 

 anterior portion of the lateral margins finely and regularly denti- 

 culated, the lateral angles prominent, but rounded. Scutellum 

 with the apex whitish. Membrane of the elytra semitransparent, 

 brownish, with several more or less distinct brown dots. Mar- 

 gins of the abdomen black, with the edge yellow or red, and a 

 large yellow spot or band on the centre of each segment. Body 

 beneath yellow or orange, thickly and finely punctured. Abdo- 

 men with a row of minute black spots on each lateral margin, 

 and with a series of four black spots (of which however two or 

 three are sometimes wanting) down the centre, placed one on 

 each of the four last segments, the one nearest the base being the 

 smallest, and that on the apical segment the largest. Legs yel- 

 low ; thighs and tibiae covered with numerous dark brown points. 

 Rostrum pale testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae bright 

 red, with the apex of the fourth joint and the fifth, except at the 

 base, black. 



a. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's Collection. 



18. EUSCHISTUS tristigma. 



Pentatoma tristigma, H-. Sch. Wanz. vii. 95 & 101. t. 246. fig. 767 



(1844). 



