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semicircles, of which the middle one is in advance of the other two. 
Scutellum with three white spots at the base, with a larqfer white spot on 
each side in the disk, and with a notched and curved white band on the 
tip, which is broad and rounded. Pectus with some transverse white streaks 
on each side. Abdomen beneath with two abbreviated macular white stripes 
and with white marginal spots; ventral spine white, extending to the middle 
coxa). Fore wings with a white costa and with a white spot in the disk 
beyond the middle; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 2^ lines. 
Most allied to A. lythrodes, from which species it diflfers much in 
colour and in markings. 
a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
AnTESTIA MEGASPILA. 
AHneo-nigra, dense et subtiliter punctata ; caput strigis trihus anticis 
quatuorque posticis luteis ; antennce lutece, apice picece ; thorax atomis, 
linea transversa anteriove guttisque duabus adhuc anterioribus luteis; 
scutellum atomis nonnunquam obsolelis plagisque tribus magnis luteis ; 
pectus luteo plagiatum ; venter vittis quatuor macularibus luteis ; 
pedes lutei, femoribus nigro unifasciatis ; alee anticue luteo conspersce, 
membrana pellucida. 
.Slneous-black, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured. Head 
with four longitudinal luteous streaks between the eyes and with three in 
front, of which the middle one is interrupted and the others are curved. 
Eyes piceous, bordered with luteous. Rostrum and antennae luteous, the 
latter piceous towards the tips. Thorax more or less thickly speckled with 
luteous except on each side and in front; an irregular transverse luteous 
line contiguous to two anterior transverse calli, each of which includes two 
luteous dots. Scutellum occasionally luteous-speckled, broad and rounded 
at the tip ; three large luteous patches, two at the base, the third black- 
speckled and apical. Pectus with luteous patches. Abdomen beneath with 
four more or less macular luteous stripes; ventral spine luteous, extending 
to the middle coxae. Legs luteous ; femora with an irregular interrupted 
subapical black band. Fore wings speckled with luteous; membrane 
colourless. Length of the body 2 — lines. 
a — c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
d. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection. 
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Pentatoma semivittata. 
semiviltata, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vii. 100, pi. 246, f. 766. 
a. Illinois. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 
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Pentatoma cincticollis. 
cincticollis, Schaum, Bericht Kon. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1853, 557. 
Peter s Reise Moz. 40, pi. 2, f. 4. 
Mozambique. 
