82 Mr. W. L. Distant on African Pentatomidse. 



tlirougli the iuner raarpns of tlie eyes ; antenna consisting 

 of four joints, the first stouter, not reaching apex of head, 

 second and fourth subequal in length, tliird longest ; rostrum 

 reaching the intermediate coxse, basal joint not reaching 

 base of licad ; pronotum about twice as broad as long, ante- 

 riorly strongly excavate for the reception of the head, the 

 lateral margins convex, the anterior angles subprorainent 

 and subacute, basal margin truncate, the lateral areas 

 distinctly raised and preceded by an irregularly longitudinal 

 broadly grooved impression ; scutellum about as long as 

 broad, subtriangular, strongly centrally longitudinally cari- 

 nate ; corium somewhat short and broad, the basal costal 

 margin for nearly half its length moderately laminately 

 upwardly recurved, thence obliquely directed inwardly to 

 apex, the veins prominent ; membrane about as long as 

 corium, not reaching apex of abdomen, strongly veined and 

 ■with a distinct basal cell ; connexivum large and broad, 

 visible from the narrowing of the corium, moderately up- 

 wardly recurved ; sternum centrally longitudinally sulcate ; 

 abdomen above flat, beneath a little convex ; legs of moderate 

 size and length. 



The position of the antenniferous tubercles and the sulcated 

 sternum locate this genus in the division Dymantaria. 



This genus is named after M. Drege, who more than fifty 

 vears ago presented many insects to the British Museum 

 ■which he had collected at or near the Cape of Good Hope. 



Bregea capensis^ sp. n. 



Ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate ; antennae ochraceous, 

 apex of fourth joint black ; head and pronotum with a faint 

 central longitudinal pale line ; eyes black ; scutellum with 

 the basal area more thickly and darkly punctate, the central 

 longitudinal carination and a small spot near each basal 

 angle pale ochraceous and levigate ; corium thickly, finely, 

 darkly punctate, somewhat less strongly punctate than on 

 other parts of the upper surface, the veins prominent and 

 pale ochraceous ; membrane pale ochraceous, the veins 

 darker ; connexivum, body beneath, and legs ochraceous, 

 connexivum indistinctly and irregularly finely spotted with 

 black on extreme outer margin, a central segmental series of 

 small spots to the abdomen beneath and the spiracles black ; 

 sternum coarsely blackly punctate with a longitudinal levi- 

 gate fascia on each side beyond coxae; apex of rostrum 

 black ; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long., c? $ , 10 to 10^ ram. 



Hah. Cape Town (S. African Museum). 



