250 Mr. W. L. Distant on Neotropical Pentatomldfe. 



joint of antennae reaching apex of head, remaining four joints 

 almost subequal in length; head triangularly narrowed in 

 front, the lateral lobes longer than the central, their apices 

 acutely narrowed, longitudinally ridged and slightly trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; ocelli reddish ; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins a little concavely sinuate and distinctly serrate, the 

 lateral angles acutely produced and slightly directed for- 

 wardly, the surface finely wrinkled and more obscurely punc- 

 tate ; scutellum finely wrinkled, more distinctly punctate on 

 basal than on apical area ; corium thickly finely punctate ; 

 membrane hyaline, slightly minutely spotted with ochraceous, 

 considerably passing the abdominal apex ; body beneath 

 paler and more shining in hue, legs only slightly paler than 

 surface of body above ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae 

 and with a black central line above. 



Long., ? , 17 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 8i mm. 



Hab. Brit. Guiana (A. W. Bartlett, Brit."Mus.). 



A narrow form of the genus, in that resj)ect resembling 

 L. varieyata, Dist. 



Loxa fryi, sp. n. 



Body above olivaceous green, thickly and distinctly punc- 

 tate; body beneath much paler green; antennae, rostrum, 

 legs, and a central longitudinal fascia to abdomen ochraceous ; 

 head with the lateral lobes longer than the central, distinctly 

 passing but not meeting beyond it, their margins ridged, 

 finely transversely wrinkled, more or less punctate ; antennae 

 with the first joint not reaching apex of head, second longer 

 than first, shorter than third, fourth and fifth subequal in 

 length ; pronotum suljrngulose and thickly punctate, the 

 lateral margins finely serrate and moderately concavely 

 sinuate, the lateral angles black, short, acute, directed 

 forwardly, the areas of the cicatrices almost impunctate ; 

 scutellum finely wrinkled and punctured ; corium thickly 

 finely punctate ; membrane hyaline and passing the abdo- 

 minal apex ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae. 



Long. 12 mm, 



Hab. Brazil? (Fry Coll., Brit. Mus.). 



A small species allied to and resembling L. variegata, 

 Dist., but smaller, the lateral pronotal angles shorter and 

 much more anteriorly directed, &c. 



Genus Murgantia. 



Murgantia, StSl, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 105 (1862). 

 Type, M. tesseUata, Amy. & Serv. 



