Mr. W. L. Distant on Pentatomldge. 



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Gambiana^ gen. nov. 

 Body subobloncr ; head longer than, broad between eyes, 

 lateral lobes a little longer than the central lobe, but not 

 meeting beyond it, the lateral margins distinctly reflexed, 

 rounded at apices, a distinct curved spine a little outwardly 

 directed in front of each eye; antennse five-jointed, joints 1 

 to 4 almost subequal in length, basal joint not quite reaching 



Gumbiana asper, \\'alk. 



apex of head ; pronotum about twice as broad at base as 

 long, roundly deflected towards head, lateral margins roundly 

 oblique, lateral angles subprominent, very distinctly toothed, 

 between them a transverse impression, and a central longi- 

 tudinal ridge which neither reaches the anterior nor the 

 posterior margin, anterior area irregularly sculptured or 

 rugose ; scutellum much longer than broad, apparently 

 reaching the abdominal apex (abdomen mutilated in type), 

 strongly sinuate on each side near base, apex broadly trun- 

 cate, a very distinct central basal rounded foveation, the 

 margins of which are strongly ridged and continued poste- 

 riorly for a short distance on disk ; corium exposed on each 

 side for about two-thirds the length of scutellum ; rostrum 

 reaching the posterior coxae ; abdomen mutilated. 



This genus is founded on, and intended to elucidate, the 

 species described by Walker as Podops asper, the condition 

 of the type specimens I considered being too bad for exact 

 determination when I referred to them in 1899 (Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (7) iv. p. 48). They have recently, by the skilled 

 attention of Mr. Ewd. Waterhouse, been thoroughly cleaned 

 and reset, and the accompanying figure has been made by 



