308 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



139. Pentatoma Camatula, C. H. lii; 

 a. Swan River. Presented hy Sir J. Eicharcison. 



140. Pentatoma pallipes, C. H. 239. 

 ti. Australia. From Mr. Lambert's collectiou. 



141. Pentatoma maeginella, C. II. 2A3. 

 a. Australia. 



142. Pentatoma ^ola, C. II. 248. 



«. Australia. Presented by Sir J. llicbardson. 



143. Pentatoma virgata, C. II. 249. 

 a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Ricbardson. 



144. Pentatoma AFi'iNis, C H. 252. 

 tlautia affinis, Slal. 



a, b. Australia. Presented by John M'^Gillivray, Esq. 



145. PfiNTATOftfA NOTIA, C. II. 252. 



fl. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Ricbardson. 



14fi. PkNTATOMA tATICfiPS. 



Fulva, clHptica, lata, subtililcr punctata; caput latum, s ubdf press uni ; 

 anlenncB yiigrce, graciles, corporis dimidio breviores, articulo lo tes- 

 laceo ; thorax antice declivis atitiulis dnobus glabrls transversis 

 altenuatis petiolatis, unguiis posticis valde rolundalis liaud explanalis ; 

 abdomen nigrum, apicem versus auralo-ochraceum ; membrana 

 cinena, venis fulvis. 



Tawny, broad, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, not shining;, 

 Ifestaceous beneath. Head broad, with two indistinct blackish stripes ; lobes 

 of equal length. Rostrum tawny, extending to the hind coxae ; tip piceous. 

 Antenuffi black, less thau half the length of the body; first joint testaceous, 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second sometimes tawny towards 

 the base, much longer than the third ; fourth and fifth as long as the second. 

 Thorax slanting in front of a very slight transverse ridge between the hind 

 angles, which are much rounded and not prominent; a transverse elongated 

 peiiolated smooth ringlet on each side near the fore border. Scutellum 

 pnler at the lip, hardly extending beyond the angle of the coriura ; basal 

 angles black. Abdomen black from the base to the tip of the scutellum, 

 gilded ochraceous from thence to the tip; counexivum ferruginous; 

 spiracles black. Legs testaceous, rather short and stout; tarsi with black 

 tips. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous; veins tawny, sometimes 

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



It resembles P. circinndata in structure, but the bead is broader in 

 front and more like that of the Sciocoridce. 



a. Sydney. Presented by W. W. S.iunders, Esq. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collecliun. 



