500 CATALOGUE OF 



135. Pentato.ma prolata. 



Lutea, ovata,lata, nitens, subpunctala; caput hand punctatum ; anlcnvie 

 fulvcp, (/raciles, corporis dbnidio panl/o longiores. arliculo \o paUide 

 viridi ; thorax fascia postica lata viridi, aiigitlis posiicis obtiisissi- 

 niix ; scutellum apicem viride ; pectus viridescens ; pedes virides, 

 validi, tarsis luteis ; alee anticce viridescentes, macula discali ohlonya 

 nigra, cosla basi lutea, membrana nigricanle. 



Luteous, oval, broad, shining, very thinly punctured ; punctures mostly 

 hlaek. Head broad, almost smooth ; lol)es of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending to the hiudcoxte; lip black. Antennae tawny, slender, a little more 

 than half the length of the body ; joints successively increasing in length ; first 

 joint pale green, not extending lo the front of the head. Thorax with a 

 very slight green tinge on each side in front; a broad green band on the 

 hind border; a black spot at each end of the band; hind angles very 

 obtuse, not prominent. Scuiellnm green towards the tip, which is broad 

 and extends a little beyond the flexure of the corium. Pectus pale green. 

 Abdomen beneath with a row of transverse blackish spots on each side. 

 Legs green, stout ; tarsi luteous. Fore winjjs pale green ; cosla luteous at 

 the base ; an elougated black spot on the disk ; membrane blackish.. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. 



It resembles P. fimbriata in structure. 



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



136. Pentatoma margin'alis. 



J^ulva, elliptica, aspere nigra punctata, subtus nigro-eenea ; caput breve; 

 oculi sat mugni ; rostrum teslaceum, segmenti ventralis marginem 

 poslicum fere attingens ; antennce fulvo', graciles, corporis dimidio 

 paullo longiores; thorax antice declivis, linea transversa pallidiore, 

 angulis posticis obtusis ; scutellum subatlenuatnm, lituris duabus 

 basalibus impressis nigricanlibvs ; pectoris latera lestaceo varia ; 

 venter lestaceo marginatus ; pedes nigra conspersi, longiusculi, sat 

 graciles. 



Tawny, elliptical, slightly shining, roughly and irregularly punctured ; 

 punctures black ; under side teneous-black, shining. Head short; lobes of 

 equal length. Eyes rather large and prominent. Rostrum testaceous, 

 extending nearly to the hind border of the second ventral segment; tip 

 black. Antennaj tawny, slender, a little more than half the length of the 

 body ; joints successively increasing in length ; first joint extending almost 

 lo the front of the head. Thorax slanting in front of a slight paler trans- 

 verse ridge between the hind angles, which are obtuse and not prominent. 

 Scutellum slightly attenuated, extending a little beyond the angle of the 

 corium, wit-h a black impression on each angle at the base. Pectus partly 

 testaceous on each side. Abdomen beneath bordered with testaceous ou 

 each side and at the tip. Legs testaceous, rather long and slender; femcwa 

 and tibisB black speckled. JMembrane of the fore wings cinereous, veins 

 tawny. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It has some aflinity to the genus Mormidea. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



