256 HEMIPTERA. 



58. PENTATOMA ? splendida. 



Pentatoma splendida, Blanch. D'Orb. Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat. 

 Atl. ii. 22. pi. 6. fig. 5 [P. splendens] (1849). 



a. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' Collection. 



b. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



c. Mexico. 



d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



Genus 20. EPIPEDUS. 

 Epipedus, Spin. Hem. 314 (1837); H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 90 (1844). 



1. EPIPEDUS histrio. 



Epipedus histrio, Spin. Hem. 315 (1837); H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 90 

 (1844). 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



Genus 21. APLEROTUS, n. g. 



Head nearly rounded in front, central lobe as long as the lateral. 

 Eyes prominent, globose ; ocelli placed near the eyes. Antenni- 

 ferous tubercle with a small spine on the outside. Antennae of 

 four joints ; basal joint shortest and stoutest, passing the apex of 

 the head; second very long, as long as the third and fourth 

 together ; third longer than the fourth. Rostrum rather short, 

 not reaching the posterior coxae, second joint longest. Body 

 ovate. Legs rather stout. 



1. APLEROTUS maculatus, n. s. 



A. supra niger, punctatus, rufo-maculatus, membrana fusco-iiigra, 

 subaenea ; abdomine subtus fulvo, macula magna nigra ante 

 apicem, lateribus rubro nigroque variegatis ; antennis pedi- 

 busque nigris. $ 9 

 Long. $ lin. 4J, ? lin. 5. 



. Above black, somewhat opaque, thickly punctured. Head 

 with the lateral margins narrowly edged with yellow, and with a 

 narrow longitudinal orange-red line on the centre of the vertex. 

 Eyes black ; ocelli red. Thorax with a central longitudinal band, 

 a spot in the middle of each lateral margin, continued along the 

 margin to the anterior angle, and the posterior margin indistinctly, 

 orange-red. Scutellum with a small spot in each basal angle, a 

 short central longitudinal line, a broad band interrupted in the 

 centre, across the middle, and the apex, orange-red. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra with a transverse, slightly waved, orange-red 

 band running from the inner apical angle to the outer margin con- 

 siderably behind the middle, and with a faint streak of the same 



