PENTATOMID/E EDESSIDiE. 2// 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body underneath and the head black, a little bronzed ; thickly punctured with rather deeply im- 

 pressed punctures ; antennas reddish at the base, with the two last elongated and incrassated joints 

 black : prothorax black anteriorly, posteriorly lurid with the lateral margin and an intermediate lon- 

 gitudinal impunctured line, which extends nearly through the scutellum, white ; the scutellum has 

 also a white linear spot and dot on each side at the base : the punctures of the thorax, scutellum, 

 and hemelytra are black ; the membrane of the latter is white : the legs and sides of the breast are 

 lurid spotted or punctured with black : the elevated basilar portion 3 of the bed of the rostrum is 

 concave and has a semicircular outline, and its margin, viewed under a strong magnifier, is minutely 

 serrulate. 



Family EDESSID^. 



CLXVI. Genus EDESSA. Fab. 



(386) 1. * Edessa nebulosa. Clouded Edessa. 



E. ( nebulosa J pallida, nigro punctata ; supra fusco subnebulosa ; abdominis margine nigro maculato. 



Clouded Edessa, pale, punctured with black ; above clouded with brown ; sides of the abdomen spotted with black. 



Length of the body 3—4 lines. 



Three specimens taken in the Journey from New York to Cumberland-house 

 and in Lat. 65°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body pale yellowish, sprinkled with black impressed punctures, most numerous and largest on its 

 upper surface, which is clouded with reddish-brown, or blackish shades ; the antenna? are of a red- 

 dish-yellow : the lateral angles of the prothorax are more acute than in the Pentatomce ; the scutellum 

 is acuminate or attenuated at the apex : the lateral margin of the abdomen has a black spot on each 

 segment, which sometimes appears on the ventral segments. 



Variety B. Smaller, with the ventral segments of the abdomen rufescent, and the clouding of 

 the upper surface of the body blacker : the thorax also is black posteriorly. 



Family CAPSID^. Capsidans. 



CLXVII. Genus MIRIS. Fab. 



(387) 1. * Miris punctulatus. Punctured Miris. 



M. (punctulatus) lurido-subvirens ; antennis brevioribus ; subtestaceis : arliculis duobus extimis nigris. 



Punctured Miris, lurid with a slight tint of green ; antennae shorter than the body, subtestaceous, with the two last joints 

 black. 



Length of the body 3 lines. 



Two specimens taken in Lat. 65°. 



3 Plate VI, Fig. 6, a. 



