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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
B. purpurascens, sp. n.^Walk. 1. c. p. 405, B, postica and B. aurijlua, sp. n., 
Wdk. 1. c. p. 406, Amazons. 
g. n., Walker, /. c. p. 406. Allied to Prionaca\ angles of thorax 
forming two very broad, porrect, rectangulate horns j sternum scarcely keeled j 
ventral spine passing middle coxoe. Sp. L. porrigens, sp. n., Walk., Japan. 
TIciaf g. n.. Walker, 1. c. p. 407. Allied to Buadicus j lateral horns of pro- 
thorax truncate; antennae short, clavate, joint 1 shorter than head, 2 longer 
than 3, 6 shorter than 4; membrane with 5 veins, 2nd forked and joined by 
a transverse vein to the first. Sp. U. mutilata^ sp. n.. Walk., Australia. 
Araductaj g. n., Walker, 1. c. p. 408. Allied to Ouspicona ; fusiform ; head 
short and broad ; antennae half as long as body, joint 1 not reaching apex of 
head, 2 shorter than 3, 4 longest ; ventral spine reaching middle coxae j mem- 
brane with 9 veins. Sp. A. glahrata, sp, n,, Walk., Am and New Guinea. 
Baida, g. n.. Walker, 1. c. p. 409. Allied to Diplostwa in its double sternal 
keel; rostrum reaching hind coxae ; joint 2 of antennae much longer than 3 ; 
lateral spines of thorax very long, stout, acute. Sp. E. minax, sp. n., Walk. 
1. c. p. 409, New Caledonia. 
g. n.. Walker, /. c. p. 410. Allied to ventral spine 0 ; ros- 
trum reaching hind coxae ; angles of thorax obtuse ; pectoral keel very slight; 
legs very slender. Sp, B. extenuata, sp. n.. Walk. 1. c. p. 410, North China. 
Walker (Cat. Hem. ii. pp, 241-403) describes a great number of new 
species belonging to the following known genera : — Loxa 3, Euschistus 6, 
Eicercem 3, Mormidea 14, IlopUstodera 4, Alchnus 1, ALschrus 1, Eysarcoris, 
9, Antestia 2, Hymenarcys 1, Pentatoma 29, Strachia 49, Bathyccelia 1, Vulsi- 
rea 3, Bkaphigaster 23, Prionaca 2, Phopalimorpha 1, Euadicus 2, Stauralia 
2, Cuspicona 21, Microdeuterus 1, Taurocerus 1, and Acanthosoma 8. 
Carpocoi'is tarsata, Mulsant & Key, /. c. p. 169, south of France. 
Cimex albosparsus, Kuschakewitsch, Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. iv. p. 99, pi. 2. 
fig. 2, Monterey ; C. Jlavomargmatus, Kusch. 1. c. p. 100, pi. 2. fig. 3, and C. 
rubromaryinatus, Kusch. 1. c, p. 101, pi. 2. fig. 4, Russian America. 
Pentatoma anabasis, Becker, Bull. Soc. Nat, Mosc. xl. 1. p. 110, Kirghiso 
Steppes (Jenotaewsk) = P Hcroi/enuwn heegcri (Fieb.). 
Nezara mUlierei, Mulsant & Key, 1. c. p. 213, south of France ; N. heegeri 
(Fieb. MS.?), Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 216, south of Europe. 
Elasmostethus Jieberi, Jakowlew, Arbeiten Univ. Kasan, 1864, p. 126, 
Nijni-Nowgorod, Kasan. 
Urostylides. 
Ebora, g. n., Walker, Cat. Hem. ii. p. 415. Allied to Urochela) head with 
the sides reflexed, lateral lobes slightly exceeding median lobe ; 2 ocelli ; 
antennae more than half length of body, joint 1 passing apex of head, 2 much 
longer than 3, 4 shorter than 2. N. sp. E. circumdata. Walk. 1. c. p. 416, Ade- 
laide; E. postica. Walk, ibid., Queensland; E.? plana, Walk, ibid., Archi- 
dona ; and E. ? patida. Walk. 1. c. p. 417, Queensland. 
Walker (Cat. Hem. i. pp. 411-416) describes 1 new species of Urochela, 
6 of Urostylis, and 1 of Urolabida. 
Edessides. 
Dalcantha. Vollenhoven (Tijdsch. v. Ent. 2^® ser. i. p. 216) characterizes 
this genus, and describes the following new species ; — 1>. westwoodii, p. 217, 
