Uliler.] 98 [February 1, 



A. sordida, n. sp. 



Brownish, or greenish-yellow, polished, the upper surface punc- 

 tured with fuscous or black. Face finely, closely punctured, each 

 side of tylus, and some spots near the occiput and eyes impunctured; 

 basal and second joints of antennae green, the other joints reddish, 

 excepting their greenish bases; rostrum green, paler at base, the 

 apical joint piceous. Pronotum coarsely, deeply punctured in trans- 

 verse, wavy, interrupted lines, the lateral submargins impressed, more 

 densely and finely punctured, the lateral margins and some spots 

 behind the head, and also upon the anterior margin, smooth, yellow; 

 humeri rounded. Sides of the antepectus densely punctured near the 

 anterior corners, the rest of the surface more coarsely, remotely 

 punctured; medio and post-pectus each with a spot of dense black 

 punctures upon the pleura. Legs green, the upper side of last tarsal 

 joint and the apex of the nails piceous. Scutellum punctured in 

 transverse, wavy, interrupted rows, the punctures finer towards the 

 tip; tip yellow, impunctured. Corium guttated with distinct, deep 

 punctures, which are more crowded near the base, the suture separat- 

 ing the exterior field of the corium piceous, and terminating upon 

 the disk in an ill defined spot of the same color; membrane brownish, 

 transparent, the nervures darker. Connexivum yellow, finely punc- 

 tured, having a double black spot at the incisures of the segments, 

 both above and below; venter remotely punctured with brown, the 

 punctures more dense on the sides and near the base, each side with 

 two longitudinal series of double, black spots. 



Length 10 millims. Humeral breadth b\ millims. 



No. 71. Harris Collection. " August 30, 1828." 



Ehaphigaster Lap. 



E. Pennsylvanicus. 



Clmex Pennsylvanicus DeGeer. Bd. in; p. 216; pi. xxxiv; fig. 5. 

 Pentatoma abrupta Say. Heteropt. p. 6, no. 10. 

 No. 129. Harris Collection. $. "Cambridge, Mass., Mr. Randall." 

 I have examined specimens of this species found in Panama, Illi- 

 nois, New York, New Jersey and Mass. 



Fam. MICTIDA. 

 Metapodius Westw. 

 1. M. instabilis, n. sp. 



Blackish fuscous, sparingly clothed with yellowish pubescence ; in 



