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anterior pronotal lobe, longitudinal striae on anterior margin, a spot 

 near lateral angles and a basal fascia to posterior lobe, disk of 

 scutellum and base of apical spine, veins and scattered irregular 

 spots to corium and membrane, spots to connexivum, head and body 

 beneath, rostrum, legs and antennae black ; base of first antennal 

 joint, base and apex of second joint, bases and subapical aiinulations 

 to femora, subbasal and subapical annulations to tibiae, tarsi, 

 acetabula, and marginal spots to abdomen, ochraceous. Head 

 centrally, longitudinally sulcate ; pronotum with the anterior spines 

 short, suberect, the discal spines to anterior lobe long, erect, the 

 lateral angles strongly laterally, spinously produced, the discal spines 

 to posterior lobe a little directed backward ; membrane passing 

 abdominal apex ; legs and antennae distinctly and longly pilose. 



Long. 25 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 7 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar (Cowan). 



TIMOTHEUS, gen. nov. 



Head robust, anteocular and postocular portions about equal in 

 length, the disk tumid, a distinct transverse impression between 

 eyes ; rostrum robust, first joint much shorter than second, antennae 

 mutilated; pronotum with the lobes almost equal in length, but 

 anterior lobe narrowest, subglobose, sculptured, its anterior angles 

 tubercularly prominent, posterior lobe gradually widened, lateral 

 angles subprominent, posterior margin strongly concave ; scutellum 

 trispinous a long suberect spine at each basal angle, and a similar 

 spine at apex ; corium about half as long as abdomen ; membrane 

 large ; connexivum suberect ; anterior and intermediate femora 

 moderately incrassate. 



Allied to Platymeris. 



TIMOTHEUS PERINGUEYI, sp. n. 



Sanguineous ; head, rostrum, anterior pronotal lobe, a central 

 fascia, an elongate spot near each lateral angle, and posterior 

 lateral margins of posterior pronotal lobe, scutellum, a central 

 spot to corium, spots to connexivum above and beneath, anterior 

 area of prosternum, meso- and meta-sterna excluding lateral 

 margins, abdominal segrnental margins, and legs black ; clavus, 

 posterior portion of claval margin, and the membrane opaque 

 piceous ; body and legs pilose ; anterior lobe of pronotum excavate, 

 posterior lobe rugulose. 



Long. 12 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 3i mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; O'okiep. (Type in S. African Museum.) 



