Some South African Eliynclwta in South African Museum. 45 



rounded ; corium a little shorter than head and pronotum together, 

 the veins very prominent ; membrane slightly passing abdominal 

 apex ; abdomen more or less angularly dilated on each side ; 

 rostrum extending to about middle of prosternum, first joint 

 considerably longest and stoutest ; anterior coxas long but dis- 

 tinctly shorter than femora. 



Type B. insignis, Dist. 



Allied to the Oriental genus Amblythyreus, but differs in having 

 the second and third joints of the antennae very short, subequal and 

 globose; first joint of rostrum longest, much longer than second, &c. 



BOTHA INSIGNIS, sp. nov. 



Brownish ochraceous ; scutellum, dilated abdomen above, body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; apex 

 of abdomen above, castaneous ; antennae 

 with the first and fourth joints distinctly 

 granulose, the apical thicker and slightly 

 curved at apex ; head and pronotum 

 finely granulose ; scutellum very finely 

 rugulose, the extreme lateral margins 

 finely crenulate; coxae strongly granu- 

 late ; central disk of abdomen beneath 

 moderately testaceous ; other structural 

 characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 11 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Mossel Bay. 



BOTHA INSIONIS. 



FAMILY REDUVIID/E. 



NEOVABUS, gen. nov. 



Elongate ; moderately depressed ; head almost as long as pro- 

 notum, eyes placed a little nearer base than apex and extending 

 transversely quite across the lateral areas of the head ; ocelli large 

 and prominent, situate between the eyes ; antennae with the first 

 joint slightly passing apex of head, second longest ; pronotum 

 transversely constructed before middle, the anterior lobe convex 

 and sculptured but without a central longitudinal sulcation or 

 fissure, its anterior angles obtusely prominent, the posterior lobe 

 with the lateral angles moderately subacutely produced, posterior 

 lateral margins sinuate ; scutellum slightly gibbous, transverse, 

 a distinctly raised spine on each lateral margin and a more or 



