260 CATALOGUE OF 



47. MoRiWIDEA VITTATA. 



Cimex vlUatus, F<ib>: Ent. Sysl. iv. 104, 9Q; Sijst. Rhijn. 165, 52 — Mor- 

 midea vittala, Sign. A. S. E. F. 'Sine Set: viii. 928. 



Soulli Africa. Madagascar. 



48. MOEMIDEA PALLIDISPINA. 



Pentatoina (Aspavia) pallidispiua, Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 137. 

 Cape. 



49. MORMIDEA TERMINALIS. 



tenninalis, Schaum, Peters, Meise Mozamh. 38. 

 Mozamlijue. 



60. MORMIDEA IXFICITA. 



Sordide Jlava, aspere punclata,fusco nut uii/rlcanle conspersa ; caput vitta 

 glabra; aiUennte Jtuvte, selulosct ; thorax breviiisculus, spinis longis 

 nigris robustis acutis ; scutelhtm maculis diiabus baaalibns unaque 

 apicali Jiavis magnis ; venter e punclis nigris biviltatum ; pedes 

 robusti. 



Dingy yellow, oval, rather coarsely punctured ; punctures brown or 

 blackish. Head conical, not much shorter than the thorax, with a smooth 

 stripe; lobes of equal length. Rostrum wiih a black tip, extending to the 

 .hind coxaj. Anlennse yellow, setulose, not more than half the length of the 

 body ; iiisl joint not extending to the front of the head ; second and third 

 equal in leni;th; fourth longer than the third; fifth a little shorter than the 

 foiulh. Thoiax ratlier short; spines long, stout, acute, mostly black, 

 directly diveri;ing. Scutellum with a large smooth pale yellow spot on 

 each side of the fore border and another at the tip. Abdomen beneath 

 with two irregular stripes of black punctures. I>cgs stout. Membrane of 

 the fore wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It closely resembles M. armigera, but the spines of the thorax are 

 shorter and thicker. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueuzius' collection. 



61. MORMIDEA? VENTRALI3. 



Fulveseens, lata, dense punctata, rdgro conspersa; capitis latera jugata, 

 lobum medium lobos laterales perpaullo superante ; rostrum sat 

 latidum ; thorax postice subcarinatus, spinis nigricantibus longis 

 robustis aculis ; venter maculis quatuor ceneis transversis ; pedes 

 robusti, nigro conspersi; alee anliccc linca guttisque nonnullis glabris. 



Dull tawny, broad, oval, thickly punctured ; punctures black; under 

 side and legs paler. Head conical, with a ridge on each side between the 

 eye and the antenna; middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral 

 lobes. Rostrum rather stout, with a black tip, extending nearly to the hind 

 border of the first abdominal segment. Thorax with a transverse callus on 

 each side in front and with a slort and very slight keel which extends to 

 the hind border; spines blackish, long, stout, acute. Scutellum a little 



