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PART II. DESCRIPTIONS OF VAKIOUS ETHIOPIAN 



SPECIES. 



FAMILY LYG^EID^. 



AULACOPELTUS MINOR, sp. 11. 



Eeddish-ochraceous ; head, antennae, membrane, legs, rostrum, 

 basal angles of head beneath, and large irregular lateral sternal 

 spots, black ; abdomen beneath piceous. 



Allied to the only other described species of the genus A. excavatus, 

 Fabr., from which it differs by the less produced posterior angles of 

 the pronotum, by the somewhat broader and less elongate pronotum, 

 different colour of the head, smaller size, and paler colouration. 



Long. 14 to 16 mm. 



Hab. British Nyasaland ; Zomba (K. J. Cameron). 



Var. Abdomen beneath pale sanguineous, its lateral margins and 

 apex piceous. 



FAMILY REDUVIID^E. 

 SUB-FAMILY ACANTHASPIN^. 



CENSORINUS, gen. nov. 



Body elongate ; ocelli situate between the posterior areas of eyes ; 

 first joint of antennae about as long as head and considerably passing 

 its apex, second joint about twice as long as first ; second joint of 

 rostrum longer than first joint ; pronotum with the anterior and 

 posterior lateral angles spinously produced, anterior lobe armed with 

 two long spines, posterior lobe with two shorter discal spines near 

 posterior margin; scutellum with a long, obliquely erect apical 

 spine ; connexivum with the posterior segmental angles prominently 

 produced ; legs slender, pilose, anterior femora not incrassated, 

 posterior legs with the tibiaa a little longer than the femora, abdomen 

 beneath with a distinct central longitudinal ridge. 



Allied to Centrogonus Bergr. = Vellejus Stal (nom. prasoc.). 



CENSORINUS FERRUGINEUS, sp. n. 



Dull ochraceous ; head in front of eyes, a central and two lateral 

 striae behind eyes, some irregular spots and the discal spines to 



