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a little slioiler than the second ; fonith recldisl), testaceous and with a blacfe 

 band near the base, much longer than the third ; fifth reddish, paler 

 towards the base, a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax sligktly reflexed 

 on each side; hind angles obtuse, rather prominent. Scutellum extendiuo^ 

 rather beyond the angle of the cerium, rounded at the tip, with seven black 

 spots near the base and a larger one in the disk. Abdomen beneath with 

 a very slight furrow. Legs stout; femora and tibiae speckled with black ; 

 tibiae furrowed. Fore wings with three black patches, one antemedial, the 

 other two postmedial ; membrane brownish. Length of the body oi lines. 



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



53 Pentatojia aspersa. 



Nigra, lata, nitens^aspere jnmctata, luteo coni:persa,snbtus hitPa ; antennce 

 corporis dimidio nun lonyiores ; thoracis anguli postivi ohtusi ; pectus 

 et venter punclis lateralibus niyris ; pedes testacei, tibiis sulcalis 

 nifjro viltatis ; membrana lurido-cinerea. 



Black, broad, oval, shining, roughly punctured, thickly covered with 

 numerous small smooth iiretrular luteous marks; under side luteous. Head 

 broad; lobes of eijual length. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hiud 

 cuxee ; tip black. Antenna? Mack, about half the length of the body; joints 

 successively incrciisiug in lenj^th; first not extending to the front of the 

 head. Thorax with the hind angles obtuse, hardly prominent. Scutellum 

 extending somewhat beyond liie angle of the corium. Pectus and under 

 side of abdomen wiih a row of black points on each side; spiracles black. 

 Legs testaceous ; femora with a slight black streak; tibijE furrowed, striped 

 with black. Membrane of the fore wings lurid-cinereous. Length of the 

 body 6J lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



Africa. 



54. Pentatoma trisignata, C. H. 233. 



Pentatoma trigemmis, Sial, 0/v. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 219 — Pentatoma 

 (C'arbula) trisi{.nata, Slul, Hem. Afr. i. 142. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b, c. Cape. From M. Dre^^e's collection. 



d, e. South Afiica. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 

 /. South Africa. Presented by .Sir A. Smith. 

 g. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



55. Pentatoma goniodes, C. H. 233. 



Pentatoma inops, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 220— Pentatoma 

 patruelis, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853,220— Pentatoma (Cappaea) 

 giiuiodes, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 167. 



a, b. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 f. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



