

HEMIPTERA. 239 



Ovate, above dark brown, thickly punctured, irrorated with 

 yellow spots. Thorax with the lateral margins yellowish white. 

 Scutellum with a large yellowish white spot in each basal angle, 

 and the apex of the same colour. Membrane brownish, semi- 

 transparent. Margins of the abdomen banded with black and 

 yellowish white, the centre of each segment being white. Body 

 beneath pale yellow, shining, finely and sparingly punctured. 

 Abdomen with a small black or brown spot on the apical seg- 

 ment. Breast with a row of three spots on each side. Legs 

 whitish, with the knees, the apices of the tibiae and the tarsi, 

 black ; the anterior tibiae are considerably dilated on the outside 

 towards the apex. Rostrum reaching the base of the abdomen, 

 whitish with the tip black. Antennae with the basal joint black ; 

 the two following pale brown ; fourth black with the base white ; 

 fifth wanting. 



a. Tenasserim. Presented by Packman, Esq. 



b. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



16. PENTATOMA gutta, n. s. 



P. ovata, pallide fusca, nigro-punctata ; scutelli apice flavescenti- 

 albido, impunctato ; corpore subtus, pedibusque luteis, pectore 

 utrinque punctis 3 nigris, pedibus fusco-punctatis ; antennis 

 testaceis, articulis 2 ultimis basi excepto nigris. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4f . 



Ovate, pale brown, rather thickly punctured with black. Head 

 and anterior portion of the thorax reddish. Eyes brown; ocelli 

 red. Scutellum with five indistinct small impunctate spots across 

 the base, the apex yellowish white, impunctate. Coriaceous por- 

 tion of the elytra rather more finely punctured than the rest of 

 the surface ; membrane brownish, semitransparent. Margins of 

 the abdomen pale yellow. Body beneath pale yellow, thickly 

 and rather coarsely punctured. Breast with three black spots 

 on each side, one on each segment. Legs pale yellow, with nu- 

 merous fine brown points ; claws tipped with dark brown. Ros- 

 trum testaceous, with the apical joint black. Antennae with the 

 three basal joints testaceous, fourth black with the base testa- 

 ceous, fifth black with the base orange. 



a. China. Presented by G. Tradescant Lay, Esq. 



17- PENTATOMA pallipes, n. s. 



P. ovata, supra pallide fusca, fusco-punctata ; thoracis lateribus, 

 abdominisque marginibus albidis ; corpore subtus pedibusque 

 albidis, punctis nigris; antennis nigris, articulo basali albido. $. 

 Long. lin. 4|-5. 



Ovate, rather broad, above pale brown. Head nearly square 



