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Show 1890.] RHYNCHOTA FROM CENTRAL AFRICA. 475 Subfam. ASOPIN_E. 15. OPLOMUS ELONGATUS. Oplomus elongatus, Dall. Trans. Ent. Soc. new ser. ii. p. 6, t. f. 1 (1852). 16. PLATYNOPUS ROSTRATUS. Cimex rostratus, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 59, t. 43. f, 3 (1782). 17. PLATYNOPUS SILVATICUS, n. sp. Dark brownish ochraceous, thickly and coarsely punctate. Pro-notal angles produced into stout, obtusely pointed black spines. Scutellum with a large levigate ochraceous spot at each basal angle, and an apical spot of the same colour. Connexivum ochraceous. Body beneath brownish ochraceous, and more or less thickly puuc-tate. Sternum with central and lateral black suffusions ; abdomen with a broad central, discal, and two narrow lateral black fasciae and a series of small dark stigmatal spots. Intermediate legs ochraceous, femora spotted with castaneous (anterior and posterior legs mutilated). Rostrum ochraceous, its apex castaneous and reaching the intermediate cox£e. The punctures of the head are somewhat brassy green (antennae mutilated). Long. 11 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 6 millim. Subfam. PENTATOMIN.E. 18. ATELOCERA RAPTORIA. Atelocerus raptorius, Germ, in Silb. Rev. v. p. 163. 8 (1837). 19. ATELOCERA, sp. ? A species very closely allied to A. serrata, Fabr., but probably distinct. 20. ERACTHEUS TIBIALIS. Sciocoris tibialis, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 138. 21 (1851). 21. CAURA MARGINATA. Caura marginata, Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 150, t. v. f. 5. 22. CAURA BIPARTITA. Pentatoma bipartita, Sign. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 444. 8. 23. ASPAVIA BRUNNEA. Mormidea brunnea, Sign, in Thorns. Arch. ii. p. 281. 521 (1858). 24. ASPAVIA INGENS, n. sp. Head ochraceous, with the lateral margins and two central longitudinal fasciae blackish ; eyes fuscous, ocelli red. Pronotum with the anterior half ochraceous, sparsely punctate, a submarginal series of dark punctures, two dark patches near anterior margin, and a |
