r 



IIEMU'TKRA HETEROPTEHA. 311 



tlie fore wings lurid; veins brown, reliculatcJ. Longili of llie body 

 4^ lines. 



The body i? more elongated ilian that of tlie tlirec preceding species, 

 «iid tlie hind angles of the tliorax are much more rounded apd less 

 pruniint'iit. 



«. South Australia, Presented by K. Bakewell, Esq. 



151. Pentatoma truncatui.a. 



Obscure fiilva, hrcvi-nmla, sal aspere princlata, stibliis pallide liilca ; 

 caput longiusciilum, lilura puslica qiutdrata ; rostrum piceiim, basi 

 luteum ; anlennce nufrce, corporis dimidio longiores, arliruUs \o 

 2oque fulvis, 2o, 3o 4nque apice albidis ; thorax antice dcclivis el 

 transverse impressns, angulis poslicis vilde rotundatis ; scuteltum 

 apice testaceo pallida muryinalum ; seymenta ventralia Sum el 4)im 

 nigra trigultata, bum nigra uniplagiatum ; membrana pallide cinerea, 

 fusco slrigala. 



Dull tawny, short-oval, somewhat roughly punctured, pale luteous 

 beneath; punctures brown. Head elongate, witli a quadrate mark on the 

 hind border between the ocelli; lobes of equal length. Ro'^trum piceous, 

 luteous towards the base, extending to the hind coxfe. Anteunte black, 

 more than half the length of the body; first and second joints tawny; first 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second, third and fourth whitish at 

 the tips; second a little longer than the third ; fourth a little longer than 

 llie second, shorter than the fifth. Thorax with a very indistinct transverse 

 impression in front of a slight transverse ridge between the hind angles, 

 which are much rounded and slightly prominent ; sides slightly reflexed, 

 pale testaceous in front. Sculellura extending a little beyond the angle of 

 the corium, with a narrow pale testaceous line round its tip. Abdomen 

 above black, bordered with pale testaceous ; a row of black marginal dots 

 on each side beneath; three black dots on the third ventral segment and 

 three on the fourth; a large transverse black patch on the fifth. Legs 

 stout; tarsi and tips of tibia? blackish. Membrane of the fore wings pale 

 cinereous, with pale l)rovvn streaks. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



Country unknown. 

 152. Pentatoma ventralis, C. H. 243. 

 a. ? 



153. Pentatoma incqnspicua, C. //. 25Q. 

 Plautia inconspicua. Slat, 

 a. ? 



154. Pentatoma? tetrastigma. 

 tetrastigma, H.-Sck. Wanz, Ins. ix. 322. 

 a. ? 



