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membrane <? reaching apex of abdomen ; antennae with the first 

 and second joints fuscous, first joint reddish-ochraceous at base ; 

 remaining joints mutilated. 



Long. 16 mm. 



Hab. British East Africa ; Nengia. 



PHYSOBHYNCHUS SPLENDENS, sp. n. 



Head, anterior lobe of pronotum, and scutellum pale sanguineous; 

 antennae, rostrum, posterior lobe of pronotum, and legs shining 

 black ; hemelytra black opaque ; connexivum and abdomen beneath 

 shining indigo-black ; bases of tibiaa very narrowly, and the tarsi 

 brownish-ochraceous ; pronotal central sulcation deep, foveate, not 

 extending far on the posterior lobe ; extreme apex of head black, 

 ochraceous on each side ; anterior femora inwardly brownish- 

 ochraceous ; legs prominently pilose. 



Long. 13 mm. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay (Junod). 



SUB-FAMILY HARPACTORIN^. 



SPHEDANOLESTES SINGULAKIS, sp. n. 



Reddish-ochraceous ; head, antennae, rostrum, and tibiae black ; 

 femora pale brownish, biannulated with luteous, their bases, the 

 coxae, and trochanters, reddish-ochraceous ; disk of abdomen pale 

 luteous with three large black ringlets on each side situate on the 

 third, fourth, and fifth abdominal segments; membrane pale bronzy; 

 post-ocular portion of head a little longer than ante-ocular portion ; 

 first joint of rostrum shorter than second joint ; connexivum well 

 developed in ? , its margin lobately sinuate ; posterior pronotal 

 angles subprominent and broadly rounded. 



Long. $ and $ 14-16 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar ; Fianarantsoa. 



VlTUMNUS SCENICUS. 



Vitumnus scenicus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. p. 69 (1865). 



Var. nyasanus, var. n. 



Head, anterior lobe of pronotum, rostrum, prosternum, coxas, 

 trochanters, and legs sanguineous ; posterior lobe of pronotum 

 and corium, stramineous; antennae, a triangular spot behind eyes, 

 two very large spots to posterior pronotal lobe, scutellum, clavus, 



