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Crown on each side of the centre with a luteous line extending 

 to the base of the central lobe. Antennce luteous ; first joint 

 with a short black streak exteriorly, second spotted with black, 

 third, fourth, and fifth black, extreme apex of the two former 

 brownish. Eyes reddish or reddish brown. Ocelli red, centre 

 black. Rostrum luteous ; apical half of the terminal joint black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum finely black-punctured, the punctures 

 disposed in interrupted, tortuous, transverse lines, becoming 

 more dense as they approach the narrowly luteous lateral 

 margins ; from the centre of the anterior margin proceeds a 

 short, slightly elevated, pale luteous line ; a little beyond the 

 hinder angles is a slightly elevated, shining, piceous spot. 

 Scutellum punctured similar to the pronotum ; base narrowly, 

 and a short, central, longitudinal line pale luteous. Elytra 

 finely black-punctured. Coriuin : anterior margin as far as 

 the first nerve white, thickly punctured, except a nan-ow line 

 next the nerve ; first nerve black, except a short pale space at 

 the base. Membrane pale fuscous brown, at the inner basal 

 angle a piceous patch ; first and second nerves next the anterior 

 margin piceous ; the entire margin finely wrinkled transversely. 

 Sternum pale luteous or greyish white, with a broad black- 

 punctured streak, more or less distinct in different individuals 

 down each side ; at the base of each pair of legs a black spot. 

 Legs pale luteous, finely black -punctured : thighs with two 

 distinct black spots near the apex : tibicB thickly and finely 

 black-punctured, almost in longitudinal rows ; extreme base 

 exteriorly with a small black spot : tarsi pale luteous ; apex 

 of all the joints piceous : claws pale ; apex piceous. 



Abdomen above black ; terminal segment, posterior margin 

 narrowly, and a small round spot next the connexivum brown- 

 ish yellow ; beneath pale luteous or greyish white, sparingly 

 black-punctured a little on each side of the centre, down which 

 runs a broad black line ; on the sides and continuous with that 

 on the sternum is a broad black-punctured streak, more or less 

 distinct in different individuals. Sjjiracles black above, very 

 narrowly margined with white. Connexivum above white, 

 very finely punctured ; exterior angle of all the segments nar- 

 rowly black ; inner and basal margin of the last segment 

 black. 



Length 5^-6^ lines. 



Family Pentatomidae. 

 Genus /Elia, Fab. 

 uElia Fieberi. 

 Flavous or ochrcous, thickly black-punctured ; lateral mar- 



