16 SJÖSTEDTS KILTMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 17:2. 



5 — 6 rudimentary costal veins, distal half of median vein alone visible, medio-discal 

 area crossed by transverse nervules, ulnar vein simple, 1^^ axillary triramose. Abdomen 

 above with the first 6 abdominal tergites piceous, the remainder flavo-testaceous, the 

 posterior borders of 6*'^ — 8"i tergites emarginate, opening of scent-glands on 7**^ tergite, 

 supra-anal lamina transverse, slightly produced — Cerci fuscous, 7 jointed. Abdomen 

 beneath piceous, laterally margined with testaceous; sub-genital lamina irregulär, 

 elongate. 



Femora castaneous, sparsely armed beneath, no genicular spines on the middle 

 pair; tibiae and basal joints of tarsi flavo-testaceous, apical joints of tarsi fuscous. 



?. Larger; variable in colour, pronotum with brown points or heavily blotched 

 with castaneous. Tegmina extending to 1^* or 2"'^ abdominal tergite. Wings rudimentary. 

 Abdomen piceous above, with the tergites margined with flavo-testaceous, or with 

 flavo-testaceous spots only on their lateral margins; supra-anal lamina short, transverse; 

 abdomen beneath piceous, laterally margined with testaceous, sub-genital lamina ample. 

 Cerci piceous. Legs as in J". 



Larvae have all the thoracic tergites testaceous variegated with castaneous, the 

 abdomen piceous; the legs are entirely castaneous. 



J". Total length 6 mm, length of tegmina 5,'-i mm ; pronotum 2 mm x 3 mm. 



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Kilimandjaro: Rain forest, Kiboscho, 3,000 m (February), 2 J'J', 6 ??, 5 larvae. 



Hololampra sjöstedti n. sp. 



2. Testaceous. Head rufo-testaceous, vertex covered. Pronotum trapezoidal, 

 sides deflexed, lateral margins broadly hyaline, posterior border truncate, exposing the 

 scutellum. Tegmina lanceolate, attaining the sixth abdominal segment, overlapping 

 slightly, 8 costal veins, one ulnar vein with 5 branches, anal vein impressed, reaching 

 the sutural margin at one half of its length; a few brown points occur on the veins. 

 Wings rudimentary. Abdomen above variegated with fuscous, supra-anal lamina short 

 transverse; abdomen beneath variegated with fuscous, disc fuscous, sub-genital lamina 

 ample, its centre rufo-testaceous or castaneous; cerci six-jointed, rufo-testaceous. All 

 the femora with two spines only on the anterior margin beneath, none on the posterior 

 margin, with genicular spines and two apical spines. 



Total length 6,5 mm; length of tegmina 4 mm; pronotum 2 mm X 3 mm. 



Kilimandjaro: Kibonoto, zone of culture 1,000—1,900 m (August to December). 



Lower Meru: Ngare na nyuki (January); Masai steppes (October). 22 ??, 

 2 larvae. One example has the ootheca projecting from the end of the abdomen; 

 it is chitinous and carried with the suture uppermost, it is not carinate. 



The species appears to be nearest to H. minuta Shelf. from IVIadagasoar. 



