Mr. W. L. Distant on Pentatoiuidae. 347 



Bothrocoris consanguineus, sp. n. 



Above purplish brown, finely rugulose and thickly punc- 

 tate; lateral margins of the pronotum, three small spots at 

 basal margin and a spot on each side of apex of scutellum, 

 and basal third of costal lateral margin pale levigate ochra- 

 ceous ; a black impressed spot at each basal angle of scutel- 

 lum ; membrane purplish brown, the apical margin narrowly 

 ochraceous ; connexivnm ochraceous, with large black spots 

 on each side of the incisures ; body beneath purplish brown, 

 finely irrorated with ochraceous and more or less darkly 

 punctate; lateral margins of sternum and abdomen pale 

 levigate ochraceous ; spiracles shining black , sublateral margins 

 of aI)domen more or less black; legs reddish testaceous ; 

 rostrum about reaching the intermediate coxse ; antennae 

 with the first joint reddish testaceous, remaining joints black, 

 first joint passing apex of head, third, fourth, and fifth joints 

 subequal in length, each longer than second ; anterior mar- 

 gins of lateral lobes of head naiTowly ochraceous. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Hab. Paraguay; Sapucay (^W. Foster, Brit. Mus.). 



Closely allied to B. quinquedentatus, Spin., but the lateral 

 pronotal margins more straightly oblique, apical markings o£ 

 the scutellum very different, &c. 



Okeanos, gen. nov. 



Subelongate ; head a little longer than breadth between 

 eyes, lobes of equal length, the lateral lobes obliquely 

 rounded at their apices, ocelli near base and eyes ; antennae 

 five-jointed, first joint almost reaching apex of head, third, 

 fourth, and fifth joints subequal in length, each a little 

 longer than second ; pronotum about three times broader 

 between lateral angles than long, moderately declivous ante- 

 riorly, anterior angles prominently acutely spinous, lateral 

 angles robustly produced, their apices broadly truncate, 

 lateral margins strongly oblique, anterior margin behind 

 head and the posterior margin before scutellum truncate; 

 scutellum much longer than broad at base, a little shorter 

 than corium, the apical area strongly attenuated and 

 centrally apically longitudinally depressed; corium with the 

 inner angle rounded, the apical margin oblique ; memt)rane 

 passing tlie abdominal apex, the veins longitudinal; rostrum 

 reaching or slightly passing the posterior coxae, basal joint 

 not extending beyond the bucculae and only slightly passing 

 anterior half of head, second joint slightly passing the 



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