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constitute the material described in the second part of that 

 Catalogue ; the revision of the Pentatomidgs treated in the first 

 part, the Society has already done me the honour to publish in 

 their ' Proceedings ' (1900, p. 807). The introductory remarks there 

 given are also applicable lo this concluding iBstalment and need 

 not be repeated. 



Owing to the very attenuated descriptions given in these 

 catalogues, considerable synonymy has been created by other 

 workers, which under the circumstances may cause regret but no 

 surprise. 



Subfam. Mictin.!:. 



Melania, gen. nov. 



2 . Body oblong, compressed. Head subquadrate, distinctly 

 excavated between the apices of the lateral lobes ; antennae simple, 

 third joint not dilated, first and fourth joints subequal in leugtli ; 

 rostrum passing the anterior coxae, third joint shortest ; pronotum 

 about as long as broad at base, lateral margins not denticulated, 

 lateral angles not produced. Abdomen distinctly broader than 

 corium, its lateral margins dentate, apical angles of second, third, 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth abdominal segments distinctly spinous ; 

 abdomen beneath at junction of second and third abdominal 

 segments armed with t^A•o long diverging spines. Posterior femora 

 wide apart, regularly incrassated, about equally thick throughout, 

 armed above and on sides with four series of spinous tubercles, 

 and with a short but robust spine near apex beneath ; posterior 

 tibiae dilated on each side, conA'exly outwardly, and angulately and 

 truncately narrowed on inner margin at about one fourth from 

 apex. 



This genus is allied to Pternistria, Cijjia, and Odontoloha, from 

 all of which, apart from other characters, it may be separated by 

 the dentate lateral margins of the abdomen and the spinous apical 

 angles of the abdominal segments. The tuberculated posterior 

 femora reflect a character in Frionolomia. In the female the 

 posterior tibiae are simple, the posterior femora less tuberculate 

 than in the male, the abdomen unarmed, and the abdominal 

 margins much less denticulate and spinous than in the other sex. 



Melania gracilis. (Plate XXIX. fig. 4, § .) 

 § . Myctis gracilis Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 11 (1842). 

 c? . Dark castaneous, finely ochraceously pilose ; connexivum 

 piceous; eyes, abdominal spines, apex of scutellum, and sub- 

 quadrate spots to connexivum pale ochraceous ; antennae, anterior 

 and intermediate legs, and the posterior tarsi ochraceous. Abdomen 

 above black, with two discal longitudinal series of ochraceous 

 spots. 



The antennae have the first and fourth joints subequal in length, 

 the second a little longer than the third, the first and fourth 

 longest; the pronotum is granulate and coarsely punctate; the 

 scutellum is irregularly transversely rugose, its apes levigate ; the 



