HEMIPTERA. 245 



fulvo nigroque variegatis ; subtus fulvescens, fusco-punctata ; 

 stigmatibus fasciaque obsoleta longitudinali utrinque abdomi- 

 nis nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 3f . 



Ovate, pale brown, obscure, rather thickly and finely punctured 

 with black. Head rather long and narrow, with the central lobe 

 elevated and impunctate. Eyes pitchy brown; ocelli reddish. 

 Scutellum tinged with orange towards the base. Membrane of 

 the elytra dingy white, obscure, with a few brown points. Mar- 

 gins of the abdomen banded with orange and black. Body be- 

 neath somewhat fulvous, very thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown ; abdomen with the stigmata and an indistinct longitudinal 

 band on each side black. Legs of the same colour as the under 

 side of the body ; thighs covered with brown points ; tibia? tipped 

 with brown. Rostrum pitchy black. Antennae testaceous, covered 

 with fine brown points. 



a. N. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



30. PENTATOMA corticina. 



Cimex corticinus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 177. 118 (1837). 

 Pentatoma corticinum, H. Sch. Wanz.\ii.96 & 98. t. 245. fig. J6\ 

 (1844). 

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



31. PENTATOMA marginella. 



Pentatoma marginella, Hope, Cat. 45 (1837). 

 a. New Holland. 



32. PENTATOMA Cephalus, n. s. 



P. oblongo-ovata, pallide fusca, fusco-punctata ; capite magno, 

 antice subemarginato ; scutelli apice fulvo : corpore subtus 

 pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, nigro-punctatis ; antennis testa- 

 ceis, articulis 3, 4 et 5 apice nigris. 9 

 Long. lin. 7> 



Oblong ovate, pale yellowish brown, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured with dark brown. Head large, slightly emarginate at 

 the apex, the lateral lobes a little longer than the central. Eyes 

 brown; ocelli yellow. Thorax with the punctures very close 

 along the lateral margins, causing them to appear much darker 

 than the rest of the surface. Scutellum with the apex orange. 

 Membrane of the elytra semitransparent, brownish, with darker 

 nervures. Abdomen beneath tawny, irregularly and sparingly 

 punctured with black, with a brown spot in the centre of the 

 third segment. Breast of the same colour as the abdomen, rather 

 thickly punctured, with some of the punctures black. Legs of 



