81S Mil. W. L. DISTANT ON TIIK RHY1TOHOTA r Nov. 20, 



AC AX T IIOS( i M A C R LCI AT A. 



Edessa cruciate Say, New Harm. Ind., Dec. 1831 ; Compl. Writ. 

 i. p. 311 (1859). 



Aeanthosoma borealis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 30 (1837). 



Sastkagala variolosa. (Plate LIII. fig. 3.) 

 Acanthosoma variolosa Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 30 (1837). 

 A species allied to 8. binotata Dist. 



Species of uncertain position. 



? atricornis. (Plate LIII. fig. 8.) 



jElia atricornis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 32 (1837). 



I do not quite see my way to generically locate this species. The 



antenna? are in too mutilated a condition for the foundation oi a 



new genus, and as the species is now figured, it will be well to wait 



for more perfect material before deciding its classificatory position. 



? NIGRIPES. 



Pentatoma nigripes Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. -11 (1837). 



The solitary type specimen is without abdomen and lacking also 

 half the scutellum. It is thus in too mutilated a condition for 

 figuring or for generic identification. 



? harrisi. (Plate LIII. fig. 2.) 



Pentatoma liarrisii Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 41 (1837). 



Westwood gives the habitat of this species as " Georgia 

 America" a locality we have already seen, as in his P. pantherina 

 = Antestia cniciata, he had applied to an Oriental species. I can 

 find no trace of this species in the descriptions of North- American 

 Pentatomidae, which are now presumably fairly complete, and am 

 inclined to consider that the locality is also incorrect. It is 

 therefore perhaps better to figure the species and leave the genus 

 an open question till its locality is authenticated. 



? lateralis. (Plate LIII. fig. 9.) 



Pentatoma lateralis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 43 (1837). 

 The typical and only specimen is in a bad condition, with the 

 rostrum wholly absent. Generic identification is thus impossible. 



Summarized Disposition of the Hopeian Genera and Species. 

 Pentatomid^:. 

 New Genera described. 



Plataspis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 16 (1837). 

 Hoplistodera Westw. loc. cit. p. 18. 

 Aplostema Westw. loc. cit. p. 26. 

 Lyramorpha Westw. loc. cit. p. 27. 

 Wajnchocoris Westw. loc. cit. p. 29. 

 Urolabida Westw. loc. cit. p. 45. 

 Urostylis Westw. loc. cit. 



