HEMIPTERA, 237 



brownish. Abdomen above deep black, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured ; the margins narrowly edged with dull red. Legs pitchy, 

 brownish towards the base. Antennae black, with the two basal 

 joints brownish. 



a. Hudson's Bay. Presented by G. Barnston, Esq. 



10. PENTATOMA? dubia, n. s. 



P. ovata, fusca, nigro-punctata, subpilosa ; abdominis marginibus 

 fulvo nigroque variis; abdomine subtus vitta utrinque longi- 

 tudinali nigra ; pedibus fusco-testaceis, pilosis ; antennis nigris, 

 pilosis, articulo secundo fusco. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



a. N. America. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



11. PENTATOMA Camatula, n. s. 



P. ovata, supra picea, punctata, subtus nigra; capite, thorace, 

 scutelloque maculis 2, thoracis marginibus, scutellique apiee, 

 miriiatis ; pedibus antennisque nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Ovate ; above pitchy, shining, rather thickly and finely punc- 

 tured. Head with bright orange-red spot on each side of the 

 vertex. Thorax with the anterior and lateral margins, and two 

 approximated transverse spots on the disc, bright orange-red. 

 Scutellum with an oblique spot in each basal angle and the apex 

 orange-red. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a red line 

 along the course of the submarginal nervure. Membrane brown, 

 with the margins transparent and colourless. Abdomen above 

 black, with the margins edged with red. Body beneath black ; 

 breast with a red spot at the base of each of the legs. Legs 

 pitchy black. Rostrum and antennae black. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



12. PENTATOMA basalis, n. s. 



P. ovata, supra fusco-testacea, fusco-punctata ; scutello fascia 

 transversa basali apiceque flavis; corpore subtus pedibusque 

 flavis ; antennarum articulis 1-3 testaceis, 4 et 5 nigris, basi 

 albidis. 9 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Ovate, brownish testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown. Head somewhat narrowed and rounded in front. Eyes 

 pitchy brown; ocelli red. Thorax with the lateral margins 

 narrowly edged with yellow. Scutellum with a broad band 

 across the base and a spot on the apex pale yellow, impunctate. 

 Membrane of the elytra transparent, brownish, with the inner 



