242 Mr. W. L. Distant on Neotropical Peiitatomklse. 



XXYIU.—Rhynckoial Notes.— lAlL By W. L. Distant. 

 Neotropical Pentatomidae. 



Genus Galeacius. 

 Galeacim, Dist. Biol. Ceutiv-Am,, Het. i. p. 31G (1889), 



Type, G. tessellatus, Dist. 



Galeaeius crowleyi, sp. n. 



Head pale castaneous, apex of central lobe dull ochra- 

 ceous; anteniise ochraceous, second joint fuscous, first joint 

 not quite reaching apex ot" head, first, second, and third 

 joints short, subequal in length, fourth and fifth longest and 

 subequal ; pronotum with the lateral and anterior areas 

 ochraceous, the basal area brownish ochraceous, the middle 

 of the anterior area appears as an elongate spot, angularly 

 narrowed and produced posteriorly with its base dark casta- 

 neous, the produced lateral angles with a central waved 

 transverse castaneous line, their apices broadly obliquely 

 truncate, the basal area with a dai'ker longitudinal fascia on 

 each side ; scutelhini brownish ochraceous, with large pale 

 ochraceous marginal spots, situate two at base, two on each 

 lateral margin, and two subapical, the apex also broadly pale 

 ochraceous, all these spots are more or less narrowly mar- 

 gined with castaneous, and the subapical spots are posteriorly 

 sinuate ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; head beneath, 

 a centnd fascia to sternum, broad lateral fascise to abdomen 

 (transversely connected before apex) piceous or black ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, its apex black ; femora 

 and tibiae more or less annulated with pale ochraceous. 



Long., (5" > 9 mm. J exp, pronot. angl. 7 mm. 



Hab. Brazil, St. Catherine (Crowley Bequest, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to G. martini, Schout., from which it may be 

 separated, apart from colour-differences, by the apices of the 

 strongly produced lateral angles of the pronotum^ which 

 are broadly obliquely truncate, not subangulatc. 



Genus Polytes. 

 Folytes, StSl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1867, p. 492. 

 Type, P. lineolatus, Dall. 



