Rhyncliotal Miscellanea. 59' 



KHAFRA MODESTA, sp. n. 



Black ; head, rostrum, basal joint of antennae (remainder muti- 

 lated), a large spot on each side of anterior lobe of pronotum,. 

 scutellum, excluding apex, coxae, legs, anal segment of abdomen, 

 and some elongate spots on apical half of connexivum, dull cas- 

 taneous ; femora irregularly marked with piceous, a subapical annu- 

 lation being most distinct ; tibiae with the base and a very obscure 

 central annulation, piceous. 



Pronotum with the posterior lateral angles spinously subprominent ; 

 scutellar spine long, robust, directly upward and backward ; abdomen 

 beneath finely transversely striate. 



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



Hab. Nyasaland (Farler). 



PHONERGATES NIGRIVENTRIS, Schout. 



Dull black ; head, pronotum, scutellum, lateral margins of sternum,, 

 and anterior and intermediate femora, dull red ; a transverse spot 

 between eyes, two spots near anterior margin of posterior pronotal 

 lobe, apex of scutellum, and apices of anterior and intermediate 

 femora black ; antennae fuscous. 



Long. 12 to 14 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 3f to 4 mm. 



Hab. East Africa ; Nyasa, Mamboia (Coll. Dist.) ; Congo. 



Var. Scutellum black, with its apex red ; femora entirely black. 



In the typical form described by Schouteden the scutellum is- 

 entirely red. 



SUB-FAMILY PIRATING. 



PIRATES EREBUS, sp. n. 



Body above and beneath piceous-brown ; antennae, rostrum, coxae, 

 and legs dull dark ochraceous ; eyes, ocelli, and an oblong spot 

 to corium near apex of clavus, pale stramineous. Anterior lobe 

 of pronotum centrally sulcate, its lateral areas irregularly striate ; 

 lateral margins of abdomen beneath sometimes brownish-ochraceous. 



Long. 23 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar (Cowan) ; Antananarivo. 



SUB-FAMILY ECTRICHODIN^E. 



HEXAMEROCERUS JUNODI, sp. n. 



Metallic olivaceous -green ; hemelytra black, opaque, with a 

 whitish transverse spot near centre ; connexivum above and beneath 



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