244 HEMIPTERA. 



27. PENTATOMA taprobanensis, n. s. 



P. testacea, nigro-punctata, lineis numerosis impunctatis ; subti 

 testacea, utrinque seriebus 2 macularum nigrarum ; stigma- 

 tibus nigris ; pedibus pallide testaceis, nigro-punctatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5|. 



Ovate, broad, fiat. Head rather long, rounded at the apex, 

 black, with the lateral margins and three longitudinal lines tes- 

 taceous ; the black portions thickly and finely punctured, the 

 pale lines impunctate. Ocelli minute, yellow. Thorax testa- 

 ceous, covered with fine black punctures, which leave only narrow 

 lines of the pale colour visible ; of the dark patches there are two 

 small ones in the middle of the anterior margin, a larger ocellated 

 spot in each anterior angle, two larger spots occupying the whole 

 centre of the disc and leaving a very distinct longitudinal central 

 line, and two rather smaller on each side of these ; there is also 

 a narrow line of black punctures within each lateral margin. 

 Scutellum thickly punctured with black, especially at the base, 

 with a pale impunctate line running down the centre from base 

 to apex, and a curved line on each side of this running from the 

 base to the middle of the central line, at which point the three 

 lines are united. Coriaceous portion of the elytra testaceous, 

 clouded with black punctures with no distinct pale lines ; mem- 

 brane brownish, somewhat opaque, covered with brown spots. 

 Margins of the abdomen testaceous, with a large bifid black spot 

 at the junction of each segment, both above and beneath. Body 

 beneath testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, with a few 

 fine punctures on the sides ; the stigmata and two spots on each 

 side of each segment, forming two longitudinal rows of spots on 

 each side of the abdomen, black ; the space between each pair of 

 black spots is orange. Breast finely and irregularly punctured, 

 with numerous black spots on each side. Legs pale testaceous ; 

 thighs thickly covered with black points; tibiae covered with 

 finer black points ; tarsi nearly black. Rostrum long, reaching 

 the base of the third ventral segment ; basal joint and the base of 

 the second, testaceous, second and third brownish ; fourth black. 

 Antennae with the basal joint testaceous spotted with black, 

 second and third brown, fourth and fifth wanting. 

 a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Joseph Hooker. 



28. PENTATOMA plinthacra. 



Cimex plinthacrus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 1/2. 107 (1837). 

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



29. PENTATOMA Boxura, n. s. 



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



