3X8 CATALOGUE Oi-' 



155. Pentatoma brevittata. 



Prasina, fusiformis, dense punctata, siihtus testacea ; caput longiusculum ; 

 rostrum testaceum ; antenncs nii/rce ; thorax antice obscurus, lateribns 

 Jlavis,angulis rotundatis; scuteilum vilta brevi apiceque flaris ; pedes 

 testacei, validi ; alee aniicee casta basifiavn, membrana peltucida. 



Grass-green, fusiform, thiclily and minutely punctured, mostly testa- 

 ceous beneath. Head elongate; lobes of equal length. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Rostrum testaceous. Antennae black, slender, less than half 

 the length of the body ; first joint not ex (.ending to the front of the head ; 

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

 Thorax darker about the fore border ; sides yellow; hind angles rounded, 

 not prominent. Sculellum attenuated towards the tip, extending a little 

 beyond the flexure of the corium, with a short yellow stripe; this stripe 

 commences in the middle and extends to the tip, which is also yellow. 

 Legs testaceous, stout. Costa of the fore wings yellow towards the base; 

 membrane pellucid. Length of the body 5^^ lines. 



a. — ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 26. ACLADRA. 



Acladra, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4me Ser. iii. 547. . 



1. Acladra reelexa. 

 reflexa, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4me Scr. iii. 547, pi, 12, f. 13. 

 Chili. 



Genus 27. RHOMBOCORIS. 

 Rhombocoris, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gess. Wien. xiv. 912. 



1. Rhombocoris syriacus. 

 syriacus, Mayr^ Verh. Zool. Bot. Gess. Wien. xiv. 912. 

 ^yria. 



2. Rhombocobis similis. 

 similis, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gess, Wien. xiv. 912. 

 Auckland. 



Genus 28. EPIPEDUS, C. H. 25Q. 

 1. Epipedus histrio, C. H. 256. 

 a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's collection. 



Genus 29. APLEROTUS, C. H. 256. 



1. Aplerotus macclatds, C. H. 256, 



rj, h. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



fy d. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



