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membrane, some lateral and central sternal spots, abdomen beneath, 

 apices of tibiae and the tarsi, black ; apex of abdomen sanguineous. 

 Hab. British Nyasaland. 



MARGASUS MAUBUS, sp. n. 



Head, rostrum, and legs sanguineous ; corium, connexivum, 

 abdominal margin, apex of anterior tibiae, intermediate and pos- 

 terior femora excluding apices, intermediate and posterior tibias 

 excluding bases, black ; pronotum, scutellum, base of corium, and 

 body beneath luteous ; membrane pale bronzy ; antennas with the 

 first and second joints black, remainder mutilated. Anterior lobe of 

 pronotum tuberculously rugose with four prominent spinous tubercles, 

 two discal and one on each lateral margin, posterior lobe with two 

 longer and more slender discal spinous tubercles, the lateral angles 

 also spinously produced; scutellum foveate at base, its apex not pro- 

 duced ; femora a little nodulose, more prominently so near apices. 



Long. 18 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 5 mm. 



Hab. Madagascar; Fianarantsoa. 



