302 CATALOGUE OF 



side of tbe base, one in ihe disk, aud one on each side beyond tbe middle. 

 Abdomen not emarginated at tbe tip; connexivum witii a black dot at tbe 

 base of eacb segment. Legs stout, testaceous, thickly setulose ; tarsi with 

 black tips. Fore wings witb a few minute smooth luteous marks; mem- 

 brane lurid, wilb six longitudinal veins, of which tbe first and the second 

 are united near the base. Length of tbe body 5 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



120. Pentatoma trispila. 



Ferruginea, nitens, ftavo subconspersa, teslaceo univillata, vubtus pullide 

 lexlacea ; caput testaceo Irivitlatum ; antenn(E testacea, graciltimce, 

 corporis dimidio longiores, articulo 3o apice ferrugineo, 4o boque 

 nigris basi pallidejiavis ; thorax lituris dnabus anticis luteis, laleribus 

 pallide testaceix, angulis posticis ohtusis ; sculellum maculis tribus 

 magnis pallide flavis ; pectus nigra sexpunclatum ; pedes nigra con- 

 spersi ; membrana lurida. 



Ferruginous, oval, shining, thinly speckled with pale yellow, rather 

 roughly punctured, pale testaceous beneath. Head conical, with two short 

 testaceous stripes between the eyes; lobes of equal length; middle lobe 

 testaceous. Rostrum extending to the bind coxae ; tip black. Antennfe 

 testaceous, very slender, more than half the length of the body; joints 

 successively increasing in length ; first not extending to the front of tbe 

 head; third ferruginous at the tip; fourth black, pale yellow for one-fourth 

 of tbe length from the base; fifth black, pale yellow for more than one- 

 third of tbe length from the base. Thorax witb a transverse smooth luteous 

 mark on each side near the fore border; sides pale testaceous; hind angles 

 obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum extending a little beyond the angle of 

 the corium ; a large pale yellow spot on eacb side at the base, and another 

 at the tip. Pectus with three black points on each side. Abdomen above 

 black, with testaceous spots along eacb side. Legs pale testaceous, minutely 

 speckled with black; tips of the tibise and of the joints of the tarsi brown. 

 Membrane of the fore wings lurid. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Very nearly allied to P. basalts. 



a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



121. Pentatoma contingens. 



yEneo-fusca,aspere punctata, plus mimisve testaceo conspersa ; caput longius- 

 culum, latcribus vix rejlexis ; antenna testacece, graciles, corporis 

 dimidio long iores, articulo 4o nigra basi testaceo, bo rufo apice nigra ; 

 thorax tinea transversa antica glabra interrupla, lateribus pallide 

 testaceis ; scutellum guttis duabus basalibus maculaque magna api- 

 cali pallidejiavis ; pectus nigra sex punctatum ; pedes testacei, nigra 

 conspersi ; membrana lurida. 



JEneous-brown, elliptical, roughly punctured, with testaceous speckles, 

 which occasionally are hardly apparent; under side testaceous. Head 

 elongate; sides hardly reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum testa- 

 ceous, extending to tbe hind coxae ; tip black. Antennae testaceous, slender, 

 a little more than half the length of tbe body ; joints successively increasing 

 in length ; fourth black, testaceous at the base ; fifth red, black towards the 



