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137. Pentatoma circumdata. 



Teslacca, longi-ovuta, aspcre nigro punctata, subtus lulea ; caput apice 

 latum, subtus nigrum lateribus subincisis ; antennte corporis dimidio 

 lungiores ; thorax vix rugulosus, angulis posticis obtusis nan explaua- 

 tis ; scutellum apicem versus atlenuatuin, foveolis duabus basalibus 

 nigris ; pectus ex maxima parte nigrum; venter gut la poslmedia 

 annutoque maxima nigris ; pedes nigra canspersi ; memhrana lurida. 



Dull testaceous, elongate-oval, voufjlily punctured, luteous beneath; 

 punctures black, irregularly clustered. Head l)road in front, slightly exca- 

 vated on each side in front of the eye; lobes of. equal lenfjth ; under side 

 black. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxae; tip black. 

 Antennae testaceous, more than half the length of the body ; joints from 

 the first to the fourth successively increasing in length ; first not extending 

 to the front of the head ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 very slightly rugulose, hardly excavated on each side ; hind angles obtuse, 

 not prominent. Scutellum extending somewhat beyond the bend of the 

 corium, attenuated towards the ti|); a small longitudinal black excavation 

 on each side at the base. Pectus mostly black. Abdomen beneath, black 

 at the base, with two black stripes, which are united near the lip, and with 

 a black dot on the fore border of the fourth segment. Legs testaceous ; 

 femora and tibiae speckled with black. Fore wings mostly brown, punc- 

 tured ; membrane lurid, with several longitudinal veins, some of which are 

 forked. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. New Caledonia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



b. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



138. Pentatoima subpcxctata. 



Fulvn, longi-ovata, sultiliter et parcc punctata, subtus testacea ; caput 

 latum; rostrum spgmenti ventral is 3i marginem posticum attingcns ; 

 antennte graciles ; thorax snlco transversa indelerminato, angulis 

 posticis obtusis i scutellum subatlenuatum ; pedes sat graciles ; mem- 

 brana pellucida. 



Tawny, elongate-oval, minutoly punctured, testaceous beneath. Head 

 broad; lobes of equal length. Host) um extending to the fore part of the 

 tliird ventral segment; tip bLick. Antenuffi slender; first joint not ex- 

 lending to the Ironl of the head. Thorax very thinly punctured, except in 

 the miildle i)art of a slight transverse furrow near the fore border; bind 

 angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum tliiiily punctured, slightly attenu- 

 ated towards the lip, which is palev, not extendiii^^ beyond the angle of the 

 corium. Legs rather slender. Membrane of the lore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



It agrees with P. longirostris in the length of the rostrum, but dilTcrs 

 widely from il in the shape of the head, in the transverse furrow of the 

 thorax, and in ihe markings. 



a. Tondano. Presented by \V. W. Saunders, Esq. 



