Ehyncliotal Miscellanea. 55 



SUB-FAMILY SALYAVATIN^E. 



Pctalocliirns umbrosus, Herr. Schaeff. Fort Johnston. 



SUB-FAMILY ACANTHASPIN^. 

 Beduvius tar sat us, Germ. Fort Johnston. 



SUB-FAMILY PIRATING. 



Ectomocoris cniciger, Fabr. Zomba. 



,, maculicrus, Fairm. Zomba. 



Pirates rendalli, sp. n. Zomba. 



SUB-FAMILY HARPACTORIN^E. 



Harpactor crytlirocnemis, Germ. Fort Johnston. 



,, scgmcntanus, Germ. Fort Johnston. 



,, paludatus, sp. n. Fort Johnston. 

 Sphydrinus venans, Stal. Fort Johnston. 

 Cosmolestes pictus, King. Fort Johnston. 

 Vitumnns scenicus, Stal. 

 Var. sobrinits, Stal. Zomba. 

 Margasus opulentus, sp. n. Fort Johnston. 



PIRATES RENDALLI, sp. n. 



Black ; head, pronotum, and scutellum shining with an olivaceous 

 hue, corium dull opaque, membrane levigate ; apex of rostrum 

 castaneous. Anterior lobe of pronotum longitudinally excavate ; 

 anterior and intermediate femora distinctly spined beneath ; legs 

 somewhat longly pilose. 



Allied to the West African P. spinipes, Serv., but differing by the 

 opaque and scarcely ridged corium. 



Long. 23 mm. 



Hab. British Nyasaland ; Zomba (P. Kendall). 



HARPACTOR PALUDATUS, sp. n. 



Reddish-ochraceous ; antennas, rostrum, eyes, apical area of head, 

 a large spot behind eyes, two longitudinal discal fascia? to pronotum 

 widened posteriorly but not reaching the posterior margin, scutellum, 

 excluding basal spot, a sub-claval streak and membranal margin of 

 corium, head beneath, sternum, legs, and margins of abdominal 



