232 HEMIPTERA. 



Rostrum scarcely reaching the posterior coxae ; basal joint reach- 

 ing the base of the head; second joint longest; third shorter 

 than the fourth, which is very little shorter than the second. 

 Body oblong ovate, somewhat elongate. Thorax very little 

 broader than long, not much broader behind than before. Scu- 

 tellum somewhat triangular, but with the apex rather broad and 

 rounded. Coriaceous portion of the elytra rather longer than 

 the membrane, with its apical margin oblique and rounded; 

 membrane with longitudinal nervures. Abdomen and sternum 

 unarmed. Legs rather long ; tarsi of three joints, the basal and 

 apical about equal. 



1. APINES concinna, n. s. PI. IX. fig. 2. 



A. nigra, nitida, punctata, supra albo flavoque maculata; pedi- 

 bus albo nigroque variegatis ; antennis nigris, articulo secundo 

 testaceo. <? . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Shining black, thickly and finely punctured. Thorax with the 

 lateral margins narrowly edged with white, and with a large, 

 somewhat ovate yellow spot on the centre of the disc. Scutel- 

 lum with a large yellow spot in each basal angle, and a large 

 spot of the same colour on the apex ; across the disc, close be- 

 hind the two basal spots, runs an orange-yellow line, which forms 

 a kind of anchor, with a short longitudinal line running between 

 the two spots. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the basal 

 portion of the outer margin whitish, and with a transverse white 

 band near the apex ; membrane blackish. Abdomen with the 

 margins of the third, fourth and fifth segments white, interrupted 

 with black at the sutures. Breast with a large, triangular white 

 spot in each of the posterior angles. Coxae and base of the 

 thighs white ; apices of the thighs black ; anterior tibiae yellow- 

 ish white, with a black line down the inside ; intermediate tibiae 

 white, with the base, and a minute line at the apex, black ; pos- 

 terior tibiae white, with the base and apex black ; tarsi black. 

 Rostrum black. Antennae black, with the second joint testa- 

 ceous. 



a. E. Indies. From Mr. Woolley's Collection. 



Genus 19. PENTATOMA. 



Cimex, p., Linn. Syst. Nat.; DeG. Mem. iii. (1773); Fab. Ent. 

 Syst. iv. (1794) $ Syst. R. (1803) ; Fall. Mon. dm. (1807) # 

 Hem. Suec. (1826); Zett. Faun. Ins. Lapp. (1828) % Ins. 

 Lapp. (1840); Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); Ramb. Faun. And. 

 ii. (1841?). 



