500 CATALOGUE OF 



PeNTATOMA IMMUN13. 



Testacea, fongi-elliptica, dense el subtiliter punctata; caput nigro mar- 

 ginatum ; thorax fusco bipunctatus, tateribus subrufescentibus, 

 aiigulis posticis acutis mbproductis ; scutellum punclis duobus basali- 

 bus punctor/ue apicali nigris ; aim anlicce disco subrufiscente, mern- 

 brana cinerea. 



Testaceous, elongate-elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, a little 

 paler beneath. Head elongate, much rounded in front, very narrowly 

 bordered wiih black. Eyes black, rather prominent. Rostrum extending 

 very little beyond the hind coxae ; tip black. Antenna; slender; joints from 

 the first to the fourth successively increasing in length ; first reaching 

 nearly to the front of the head ;" fifth a little shorter than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a brown point on each side in the disk behind the two trans- 

 verse calli; a reddish tinge along the straight sides ; hind angles acute, 

 rather prominent. Scutellum with a black point on each basal angle and 

 with another at the tip, towards which it is attenuated. Legs slender. Fore 

 wings with a slight reddish tinge in the disk ; membrane cinereous. Length 

 of the body 6 lines. 



Allied to Pentaloma {Veterna) natalensis, Stal. It may be distinguished 

 from P.corticina and from P. pavida by the more acute hind angles of the 

 thorax. 



a. Cape. Presented by It. Trimen, Esq. 



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Pentatoma obtusa. 



Fulva, sal lata, dense el subtiliter fusco punctata, subtus viridi-flava ; 

 capitis lobi laleral.es lobum medium paulto superanles ; antenna: 

 saturate rufcc, basi pallide testucca, apice picece ; thoracis cornua 

 nigricantia, rotundata, brcvissima, latissima ; lalera antica sub- 

 dentata ; pedes nigro conspersi ; membrana pellucida. 



Tawny, rather broad, thickly and minutely punctured, pale greenish 

 yellow beneath ; punctures brown. Head elongate, rounded in front, with 

 some smooth calli on the hind border; lateral lobes extending a little 

 beyond the middle lobe. Antenna; deep red ; first joint pale testaceous at 

 the base; joints from the second to the fifth successively increasing in 

 length ; fourth and filth piceous, red at the base. Thorax with a transverse 

 callus on each side in front; hind angles blackish, forming two short 

 rounded and very broad horns ; sides slightly dentate near the fore border. 

 Scutellum rounded at the tip. Legs minutely speckled with black. Mem- 

 brane colourless. Length of the body 6 lines. 



This is a species of Pentaloma, though the sides of the thorax are 

 slightly notched in front like those of Euchistus. 



a. Japan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



