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part of Scutellum or not. This projection is very thin in the recent 
Scutellerids so that it will not be easily recognized in fossil specimens, 
and yet it is clearly seen here that the middle part of the body (about 
three fifths of the breadth of the bod} r ) is distinctly darker in colour, 
which certainly indicates that we here have the trace of the Scutellar 
projection, and the Scutellarid nature of our form thus is clearly proved. 
Among the Scutellerid genera Tectocoris in general appearance 
agrees with the Tertiary form, especially in the shape of Prothorax, 
but as the genera in the Pentatomids cannot be recognized with 
certainty on the habitual appearance alone I have put a ? at the gene¬ 
ric name. 
The Tertiary species at hand is characterized by its relatively 
narrow projection of Scutellum and by the middle lobe of Epistoma 
(tylus) being a trifle shorter than the side lobes (juga). 
Material: 1 specimen (the type) 22 mm. long. Cement-stone Sil- 
strup. (poss. Min. Museum). — 1 specimen (the individual mentioned 
by Mørch under the name of »Cimex (Scarabæus Forchh.))« ca. 26 mm 
long. Cement-stone Fuur. (poss. Min. Museum). — Finally in cement 
stone Silstrup a Pentatom, about 22 mm long, has been found in lateral 
position and, therefore, rather unidentilicable. Judging by the semicir- 
cularly outlined scutellar impression it also applies to a large Scutellerid, 
probably a Tectocoris ; for this reason I have — although not with cert¬ 
ainty — referred it to Tectocoris angustilobatus. (poss. Herlufsholm). 
Further the right hemelytron of a Pentatomid with 13 parallel 
simple veins on the membrane is present. It obviously originates 
from a Scutellerid, and the size (17 mm) proves that it must have 
been a large form. In fact it so completely corresponds with Tecto- 
Fig. 18. Hemelytron, most probably of Tectocoris 
angustilobatus n. sp. 
coris angustilobatus in size that it most probably belongs to this species. 
Corium is however equally densely and opaquely chitinized all over, 
while in the recent Tectocoris the greater basal part of Corium which 
is hidden under the Scutellar projection is rather hyaline and thin. 
1 specimen, found as erratic block at Klitgaard near Vilsund 
(poss. Min. Museum). 
