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ON THE RHYNGHOTA OF THE CONGO REGION 



(Part I) 



by 1¥.-Li. Distant. 



The présent paper is devoted to the family Pentatomidae, and is 

 based on the fine collection made in the Congo territory and now 

 contained in the Brussels Muséum. The Subfam. Plataspin^ is not 

 included, having been already worked out by D"" Montandon and 

 described in thèse pages (1). 



The great interest found in the Rhynchota of this area, is, that it 

 combines the faciès of both the West and South African subregions, 

 and when ail the familles are worked out, will probably be said to 

 belong exclusively to neither the one nor the other. 



The Pentatomidae hâve the strongest West African affinities, but 

 the number of species usually considered as belonging to the South 

 African région which are found in the Congo territory, makes any 

 divisional décision extremely hazardous. 



Fam. PENTATOMID^. 

 Subfam. Scutellerin^. 



Solenostethium Sehestedi Fabr. — Haute-Maringa (Mairesse); Lu- 



kungu (Haas); Zongo (Tilkens). 

 Steganocerus multipunctatus Thunb.— Lukungu (Haas) ; Albertville, 



Mpala and Riv. Himvoura (Duvivier). 

 var. argus Fabr. -- Tsingi (Baltus); Sassa (Colmant). 

 Sphœrocoris annuliis Fabr. — Chiloango (Tschoffen); Mpala and 



Albertville (Duvivier) ; Bena Bendi (Cloetens) ; Boma 



(Gambier); Kassongo (Rom). 

 S. pœciliis Dallas. — Luluabourg (Haas); Vista (Moerenhout) ; 



Chutes de Semlia (Mocquereys). 



(1) Nous avons ajouté à cette énumération de? Pentatomides du Congo et 

 régions voisines, les espèces déterminées par M. W.-L. Distant, depuis l'appa- 

 rition de sa liste dans les Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique, 

 1890, t. 34, p. Li, ainsi que quelques espèces déterminées par MM. Lethierry 

 et Montandon. 



