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HEMIPTERA. 213 



punctured ; lateral spines very prominent and acute, especially 

 in the female ', lateral margins narrowly edged with orange ; the 

 disc with two small yellow spots on its anterior portion. Scu- 

 tellum thickly and rather strongly punctured, with the basal 

 angles and a broad line on each side close to the lateral margins, 

 not passing the middle, a spot in the centre of the base, and the 

 apex, bright yellow, impunctate. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 rather strongly punctured, with the outer margin at the base and 

 a spot on the disc behind the middle bright yellow ; membrane 

 brownish, semitransparent. Margins of the abdomen orange. 

 Body beneath orange, irregularly banded longitudinally, and 

 rather strongly punctured with black ; apical segment with its 

 posterior angles spinous tipped with black. Legs bright orange- 

 red with numerous black points ; tarsi blackish at the apex. 

 Rostrum orange, with the apex black. Antennae black, with the 

 basal joint and the base of the third, fourth and fifth joints 

 orange ; the second joint a little longer than the third. 



a. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. . From Mr. Children's Collection. 



MORMIDEA croceipes. 



'entatoma croceipes, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 97. t. 244. fig. 759 (1844), 



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



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



7. MORMIDEA notulata. 



Pentatoma notulatum, H. Sch. Wanz.vii. 95 & 100. t. 246. fig. 765 

 (1844). 



a. Mexico. From Dr. Hartweg's Collection. 



b. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



/3. Second joint of the antenna shorter than the third* 

 a. Anterior and intermediate thighs unarmed. 



8. MORMIDEA pcecila, n. s. 



Stoll,Pun.69.pl. 17. %. 118. 



a. N. America. Presented by M. Serville. 



9. MORMIDEA prominula, n. s. 



M. prsecedenti similis, sed differt thorace inermi, immaculate, 

 margine concolori ; antennis ferrugineis. 9 . 

 Long. liri. 4. 



Head pale brown, with a longitudinal band of black punctures 



