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CATALOGUE OF 
Pen r ATOM A im munis, 
Testacea^ longi-elliptica, dense et sublililer punctata; caput nigro mar- 
ginatum ; thorax fusco bipunctalus, lateribus subrufescentibus, 
angulis posticis acutis subproductis ; scutellum punctis duobus basali- 
bus punctoque apicali nigris ; alee anticce disco subrufescente, mem- 
brana cinerea. 
Testaceous, elongate-elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured, a little 
paler beneath. Head elongate, much rounded in front, very narrowly 
bordered with black. Eyes black, rather prominent. Rostrum extending 
very little beyond the hind coxte ; tip black. Antennai slender; joints from 
the first to the fourth successively increasing in length ; first reaching 
nearly to the front of the head; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. 
Thorax with a brown point on each side in the disk behind the two trans- 
verse calli ; a reddish tinge along the straight sides ; hind angles acute, 
rather prominent. Scutellum with a black point on each basal angle and 
with another at the tip, towards which it is attenuated. Legs slender. Fore 
wings with a slight reddish tinge in the disk ; membrane cinereous. Length 
of the body 6 lines. 
Allied to Pentatoma {Veterna) natalensis, Stal. It may be distinguished 
from P. corticina and from P. pavida by the more acute hind angles of the 
thorax. 
a. Cape. Presented by R. Trimeu, Esq. 
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Pentatoma obtusa. 
Fulva, sat lata, dense el sublililer fusco punctata, subtus viridi-fiava ; 
capitis lobi laterales lobum medium paullo superantes ; antennee 
saturate rufee, basi pallide lestacea;, apice picece ; thoracis cornua 
nigricantia, rolundata, brevissima, lalissima ; latera antica sub- 
dentata ; pedes nigro conspersi ; membrana pellucida. 
Tawny, rather broad, thickly and minutely punctured, pale greenish 
yellow beneath ; punctures brown. Head elongate, rounded in front, with 
some smootb calli on the hind border; lateral lobes extending a little 
beyond the middle lobe. AntenniE deep red ; first joint pale testaceous at 
the base; joints from the second to the fifth successively increasing in 
length ; fourth and fifth piceous, red at the base. Thorax with a transverse 
callus on each side in front; hind angles blackish, forming two short 
rounded and very broad horns ; sides slightly dentate near the fore border. 
Scutellum rounded at the tip. Legs minutely speckled with black. Mem- 
brane colourless. Length of the body 6 lines. 
This is a species of Pentatoma, though the sides of the thorax are 
slightly notched in front like those of Euchislus. 
a. Japan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
