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25. PENTATOMA ventralis, n. s. 



P. fusco-grisea, fusco-punctata, abdomine obscuro ; pectore, pedi- 

 bus antennisque testaceis. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 7f 



Rather elongate ovate, above pale greyish brown, thickly and 

 rather finely punctured with brown. Head rather elongate. 

 Eyes dark brown ; ocelli yellow. Thorax with the lateral an- 

 gles rather prominent. Scutellum testaceous towards the apex. 

 Membrane of the elytra transparent, brownish, with a semicircle 

 of brown points placed one on each nervure. Margins of the 

 abdomen banded with orange and black. Abdomen beneath dull 

 brownish grey, smooth and somewhat shining, with a few minute 

 punctures and faint w r rinkles on the sides. Breast testaceous, 

 sparingly and irregularly punctured with brown. Legs testa- 

 ceous, with a few minute brown points. Rostrum testaceous, with 

 the tip black. Antennae testaceous, fifth joint wanting. 



26. PENTATOMA Scoruba, n. s. 



P. ovata, fusco-grisea, obscura, nigro-punctata ; subtus cum pe- 

 dibus fusco-testacea ; abdomine basi m'gro-maculato, stigmati- 

 bus nigris. S . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Ovate, above brownish grey, thickly punctured with black. 

 Head rather long and narrow, rounded in front, central lobe 

 reaching the apex. Eyes brown ; ocelli red. Thorax with the 

 lateral angles slightly prominent. Scutellum with a minute yel- 

 low spot in each basal angle. Membrane of the elytra semi- 

 transparent, brownish, with a semicircle of brown dots, placed 

 one on each nervure. Wings pale brown and opaque, with the 

 apex semitransparent. Abdomen with the upper surface dull 

 orange, the lateral margins banded with black. Body beneath 

 brownish testaceous, somewhat opaque, finely punctured, with the 

 disc of the abdomen impunctate. Abdomen with the stigmata 

 black ; a large pitchy black bifid patch at the base, and five or six 

 impressed pitchy black points placed in a transverse line close to 

 the posterior margin of the fourth segment. Breast punctured 

 with dark brown on the sides ; and with a black dot on each side 

 af each segment. Legs testaceous; claws black. Rostrum 

 peaching the posterior margin of the second ventral segment, tes- 

 taceous, with the tip pitchy. Antennae testaceous, with the tip 

 >f the third joint brownish, fourth and fifth wanting. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



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