HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 291 



slender, a little more than half the length of the body ; joints fioin the first 

 to the fourth successively increasing in length ; first not exleudinf^ to ihe 

 front of tiie iiead ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax with an in- 

 terrupted and irregular testaceous baud near the fore border; hind angles 

 mucii rounded, not prominent. Sculellum extending a little beyond ihe 

 angle of the corium. Pectus pale green. Abdomen beneath testaceous, 

 with a green tinge on each side. Legs testaceous, stout ; tibiae and tarsi 

 reddish. Fore wings red along the costa and along the hind border; mem- 

 brane pale cinereous. Lengih of the body 4 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



51. PeNTATOMA B4SALIS. 



Saturate viridis, nitens, suhtus testacea; antenna testacecc, corporis 

 dimidio nan lonyiores, ariiculis 4o boque nigricantibus basi tcstaceis ; 

 thorax fascia antica testacea lata indeterminata, anyulis posticis 

 obtusis; scutelluin apice albo marginutum ; venter maculis duabus 

 nigris ; pedes leslacei ; alee anticce litaris purvis albidis ; metabrana 

 cinerea fusco unimaculata. 



Deep green, elongate-oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured, 

 testaceous beneath. Head testaceous ; lobes of equal length ; middle lobe 

 very narrow. Rostrum testaceous, extending a little beyond the middle 

 coxae; tip black. Antennae testaceous, slender, about half the length of 

 the body; joints from the first to the fourth successively increasing in 

 length; fiisi not extending to the front of the head; fourth and filth 

 blackish, testaceous towards the base; fifth nearly as long as the fourth. 

 Thorax with an irregular testaceous band, which extends interruptedly to 

 the border; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum extending a 

 little beyond the angle of the corium, paler towards the lip, where it is 

 bordered with white. Abdomen with a black spot on the first ventral seg- 

 ment and another on the second. Legs testaceous, stout. Fore wings 

 with a few small whitish marks on the corium ; membrane cinereous, with 

 a brown spot near the costa before the middle. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 

 a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



62. Pentatoma varicornis. 



Viridescente testacea, lata, nigra punctata ; capitis lobi laterales lobum 



medium superantes, apice contigui ; anlennce corporis dimidio 



longiores, nigro conspersa, apices versus rufescentes, articulo 4o nigro- 



fascialo ; thorax lateribus subrejlexis, angulis posticis obtusis ; scutel- 



lum maculis septem basalibus unuque discali nigris; venter sub- 



sulcatus ; pedes nigro conspersi, tibiis sulcatis ; alee anticce nigra 



triplagiatce, membrana fuscescente. 



Testaceous, oval, broad, slightly tinged with green, roughly punctured ; 



punctures black. Head conical ; lateral lobes conniving beyond the 



middle lobe, which is lanceolate. Rostrum extending to the hind coxie ; 



tip black. Antenna slender, more than half tiie length of the body; first 



and second joints specklcMl with black; first extending to the front of the 



head ; third speckled with black towards the base, reddish towards the lip, 



