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HEMIPTERA. 



and an irregular patch of black punctures 011 each side of the 

 second and third segments ; the whole surface is clothed with 

 very fine, short hairs. Breast testaceous, irregularly punctured 

 with black, and with a broad band formed of black punctures 

 down each side. Legs testaceous, clothed with long, fine hairs ; 

 thighs with numerous pale brown points and with a black rii^ 

 near the apex ; tibiae brownish at the apex ; tarsi brownish, with 

 the apical joints and the tips of the claws black. Rostrum testa- 

 ceous, with the tip black. Antennae with the three basal joints 

 ferruginous, the fourth and fifth black. 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Dou- 

 bleday, Esq. 



38. PENTATOMA seola, n. s. 



P. nigra, punctata, flavo-maculata ; pedibus flavis, femoribus 

 tarsisque apice, et tibiis basi et apice, nigris ; antennis nigris 

 articulo 2 toto, tertio basi et apice, quarto apice, et quinti 

 basi, testaceis. 9 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Ovate, rather elongate, black, thickly and finely puncture 

 Head rounded in front, with the central lobe as long as the late 

 ral ; the apical portion of the lateral margins and a short line on 

 the central lobe yellow. Eyes very prominent ; ocelli large, red- 

 dish. Thorax with the lateral margins yellow ; the disc with two 

 yellow spots on the anterior portion and with several smaller 

 spots of the same colour scattered on the surface. Scutellun 

 with a large spot on each side and a smaller one in the centre < 

 the base, the apex, and several small spots on the disc, yellow. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a large pale yellow spot on 

 the disc towards the apex and an irregular row of smaller onei 

 towards the base ; membrane brownish, semitransparent. Mar 

 gins of the abdomen banded with yellow and black. Abdomen 

 beneath impunctate, with the sides black ; the disc yellow, with 

 an irregular longitudinal black band down the centre. Breast 

 impunctate, black, slightly brassy, with a yellow spot at the ba 

 of each of the legs. Legs yellow, with the knees, the apices i 

 the tibia3, and the tarsi, except at the base, black. Rostrun 

 pale yellow, with the two apical joints black. Antennae with the 

 basal joint black ; the second and the base of the third testa- 

 ceous ; the rest black, with the articulations whitish. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



39. PENTATOMA lugens. 



Cimex lugens, Fab. E. S. iv. 125. 175 (1794); H. Sch. Warn. 

 v. 66. t, 165. fig. 510 (1839). 



