Part 49

PENTATOMA REGIA.

Plate XLVI. fig. 6.

ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY: Pentatomidæ.

GENUS. PENTATOMA, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.

PENTATOMA REGIA. Lutea; capite, pronoti maculis duabus oblongis, scutelli basi, elytrorum maculâ centrali membranâque apicali nigris. (Long. Corp. lin 7½.)

SYN. Cimex regius, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Pentatoma catena var. vel sexus alter? Drury, in text.

HABITAT: Brazil.

{67}The principal difference between this insect and Pent. catena, is two black spots on the flesh-coloured part of the hemelytra; the scutellum not having the black part divided by the cream-coloured line, and the under part of the insect being rather more spotted than that.

ASPONGOPUS JANUS.

Plate XLVI. fig. 7.

ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY: Pentatomidæ.

GENUS. ASPONGOPUS, Lap. Burm. Edessa, Fabr. Cimex, Drury.

ASPONGOPUS JANUS. Niger, supra ruber; capite, pronoti maculâ anticâ, scutelli basi, membranâque nigris. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.)

SYN. Cimex Janus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 107. 105. Syst. Rhyng. 151. 23. (Edessa J.) Stoll Cim. 2. t. 6. f. 41. Wolff. Cim. 1. 13. t. 2. f. 13. Burmeister Hemipt. p. 352. 3. (Aspongopus J.)

Cimex Afer, Drury, App. vol. 3.

HABITAT: Coast of Coromandel (Drury). "In Americæ insulis" (Fabr. haud recte).

Head and antennæ black. Thorax red and margined, having a black triangular spot situated near the head. Base of the scutellum black, the hinder part and sides being red. Hemelytra red, the extremities black. Abdomen red. Rostrum short, extending only to the fore legs. Beneath black, edged with red. Legs black.

The specific name, Afer, given to this insect, although having the priority in point of date over that of Fabricius, is so completely inappropriate that I have not hesitated in adopting the latter.

PENTATOMA PULCHELLA.

Plate XLVI. fig. 8.

ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa. FAMILY: Pentatomidæ.

GENUS. PENTATOMA, Latreille. Cimex, Fabr. Drury.

PENTATOMA PULCHELLA. Sanguinea, supra coeruleo nigra, fasciis duabus sanguineis, anticâ arcuatâ, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.)

SYN. Cimex pulchellus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll, pl. 5. fig. 30. & pl. 21. fig. 142.

Cimex concentricus, Klug, Burmeister Hemipt. 365. 5.

HABITAT: Bay of Honduras (Drury). Para (Burmeister). Guiana (J. O. W.).

Head flesh-coloured. Antennæ black. Thorax dark blue, the angulated corners red. Scutellum scarlet, with a dark blue band crossing it near the middle, and two small blue spots adjoining to the thorax. Hemelytra, next the thorax red, below which is a broad dark blue band crossing them, and a narrow scarlet one beneath it; the remainder being dark blue. Rostrum black, extending below the hinder legs. Abdomen scarlet at the base, with two rows of white streaks; the extremity next the anus dark blue. Legs black.