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longer tlian Lioail. Abdomen beneath with a transverse PDneous spot on 

 each uf the fouvlh and fifth segments; apical spines acute. Legs stout; 

 femora and tibiae black-speekied. Fore \vin<;s with a smooth line between 

 the exocovium and the mesocorium, and with a few smooth dots; mem- 

 brane cinereous; veins brown. Length of the body 3^ — 1 lines. 



It has some resemblance to the genus Anna. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. John G raj's collection. 



b. Madagascar. Presented by J. Caldwell, Esq. 



52. MORMIDEA? PEDESTRIS. 



Obscure fusca, aspere punctata, nigricante conspersa ; anlennce pnllide 

 Jlavcc, articulo 4o apice nit/ricanir, 5o nigro basijiavo ; thorax spinis 

 iiigrieaniibus crassis longis acutis ; sculcllum bisulcutum ; abdominis 

 latera serraia ; pedes robiisti,Jhivo fasciali,femoribus apices versus 

 tinispiiiosis ; membrana venis reticulatis. 



Dark tawny, oval, roughly punctured ; punctures blackish. Head 

 elongate; lateral lobes hardly extending beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum 

 pale yellow. Anleniite pale yellow, hardly half the length of the body; 

 first joint much shorter than the anterior part of the head ; second much 

 longer than the third ; fourth longer than the third, blackish towards the 

 tip ; fifth black, yellow at the base, much longer than the fourth. Thorax 

 ■with some small intervening smooth spaces ; spines blackish, long, acule, 

 very stout. Scutellum with a shallow excavation on each side extending 

 much beyond the angle of the corium. Abdomen serrated along each side; 

 apical spines stout, hardly acute. Legs brown, stout; femora pale yellow 

 towards the base, with a spine above near the tip ; tibite pale yellow, brown 

 at each end ; tarsi pale yellow ; the brown hue most prevalent in the fore 

 legs. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous; veins brown, reticulated. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Janson's collection. 



63. MOKMIDEA? UNI3IGNATA. 



Fulva, lata, scite punctata, fusco aut nigricante conspersa; thorax caliis 

 duobus anticis transversis furcatis undulatis, callo intermedia 

 ochraceo fisso, spinis longis acutis apice nigris ; scutellum punctis 

 duobus basalibus glabris apiceque palUdis ; pedes graciles. 



Tawny, broad, oval, thickly and finely punctured ; punctures brown 

 or blackish; under side and legs paler. Head conical; lobes of equal 

 length. Rostrum piceous at the lip, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 coxte. Thorax in front with two transverse forked undulating calli ; 

 between these there is an ochraceous callus, which is cleft except in front; 

 punctures black about these calli and along the sides of the thorax; spines 

 long, stout, acute, black towards the tips. Scutellum paler at the tip, 

 extending nearly to the angle of the corium; a pale smooth point ou each 

 side at the base. Legs slender. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, 

 with darker veins. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It agrees with Pentatoma in general structure. 



a, Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's collecliou. 



