234 HEMIPTERA. 



3. PENTATOMA aberrans. 



Cimex aberrans, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 168. 98 (1837). 

 Pentatoma aberrans, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 95 & 104. t. 226. fig. 715 

 (1844). 

 a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



4. PENTATOMA pallida, n. s. 



P. precedent! valde affinis, magis elongata, testacea, punctata, 

 humeris subprominulis ; rostro pedum posticorum basin vix 

 attingente, albido, apice extimo nigro; antennis nigris, arti- 

 culo basali albido ; tibiis tarsisque fulvis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 7- 



a. N. India. 



5. PENTATOMA maculicollis, n. s. 



P. praecedenti valde affinis, lutea, punctata; antennis, capitis 

 marginibus lineisque 2 longitudinalibus, thoracis fasciis longi- 

 tudinalibus 4, nigris; abdominis marginibus fulvo nigroque 

 variis ; pedibus fuscis. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 74- 



Ovate. Head pale yellow, rather thickly punctured, with the 

 lateral margins and two longitudinal lines, united in front, black. 

 Eyes pitchy black ; ocelli red. Thorax with the lateral angles 

 somewhat prominent ; the anterior portion pale yellow, with four 

 black bands, of which the two lateral run from the anterior to 

 the lateral angles, leaving the lateral margins yellow ; the two 

 central do not pass the middle of the disc, and correspond with 

 the two black lines of the head ; the posterior portion of the 

 thorax is blackish, and the whole surface is thickly and rather 

 strongly punctured. Scutellum with a large triangular patch at 

 the base, and a large patch on each side, broadest towards the 

 apex, greyish, punctured with black, leaving two lines running 

 from the basal angles, and meeting in the centre of the disc, a 

 short longitudinal line uniting these with the apex, and the apex 

 itself, pale yellow. Coriaceous portion of the elytra flesh-colou 

 irregularly punctured with black ; membrane dark brown. Ma 

 gins of the abdomen banded with orange and black, the cent 

 of each segment being orange. Body beneath testaceous, sh 

 ning. Abdomen with a small spot on each side of the base < 

 each segment within the stigmata, a similar spot in the centre of 

 the posterior margin of the fifth and sixth segments, a small 

 transverse spot on each side of the disc of the third segment, 

 and the stigmata, black. Breast with a few black spots. Leg- 

 brownish, with the tarsi black. Rostrum reaching the base 



