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Show 1890.] RHYNCHOTA FROM CENTRAL AFRICA. 4/7 castaneous; apex of the scutellum pale ochraceous. Sternum ochraceous, with a large black patch at the area of the odoriferous orifices; abdomen beneath dark castaneous; legs ochraceous. Abdomen above dull castaneous. Antennas black, second joint a little longer than the third (remainder mutilated). Pronotum with the lateral margins ampliated, reflexed, and slightly rugulose, remaining upper surface very finely, thickly, and indistinctly punctate. Anterior femora with two strong spines beneath at apex. Long. 28 to 30 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 14 millim. This species, as shown by the spined anterior femora, is allied to T. hornimani, Dist., from which it differs in its narrower and more elongate form, different colour of the abdomen above and beneath, &c. It also widely differs in its immature condition1. 29. TESSERATOMA INDICTA, n. sp. Brownish ochraceous ; margins of the head, pronotum, base of corium, and connexivum black. Body beneath ochraceous, margined as above; a spot between anterior and intermediate tibiae and a patch at the area of the odoriferous orifices black. A double series of central segmental spots and the stigmata dark fuscous. Legs ochraceous ; apex of the rostrum pitchy. Antennae with the basal joint ochraceous, second black (remainder mutilated). Upper surface very finely, thickly, and obscurely punctate. Long. 25 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 13 millim. Allied to T. afzelii, Stal, from which it is easily separable by the black lateral margins aud the series of abdominal spots beneath. 30. PIEZOSTERNUM CALIDUM. Cimex calidus, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 292. 128 (1787). Subfam. DINIDORIN.E. 31. CYCLOPELTA TRISTIS. Dinidor tristis, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. p. 212. 2 (1864). 32. ASPONGOPUS JAPETUS. Aspongopus japetus, Dist. in Oates's ' Matabele Land,' Append. p. 387 (18»9). 33. ASPONGOPUS XANTHOPTERUS, var. Aspongopus xanthopterus, Fairm. in Thorns. Arch. Ent. ii. p. 546 (1858). Subfam. PHYLLOCEPHALIN.-E. 34. BASICRYPTUS FUNESTUS. Phyllocephala funesta, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 490. n. 23 (1868). 1 I have previously figured the immature stages of two African species: T. athiops, Dist. (Waterhouse's Aid Study Ins. vol. i. t. 49), aud T. hornimani, Dist. {ibid. vol. ii. t. 135). |