A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



Nysius novitius, sp. n. (Tab. III. fig. 11.) 



Body above ochraceous ; head brownish, Avith the lateral 

 margins, a central longitudinal fascia with a rounded spot on 

 each side of disk ochraceous, the ochraceous markings mar- 

 gined with black; antennae luteous, the basal and apical joints 

 infuscated; eyes blackish. Pronotum coarsely covered with 

 brown punctures, the lateral margins luteous and levigate, with 

 a double curved linear mark on disk and a spot near posterior 

 angle black. Scutellum black, with an irregular luteous mar- 

 ginal fascia on each side extending for about half the length 

 from base. Corium with scattered coarse punctures, the 

 lateral margins im punctate, and with three marginal brown 

 spots, one below centre of lateral margin, and one at each 

 apex of apical margin. Membrane pale ochraceous. Legs 

 ochraceous, apices of femora fuscous, coxae luteous; sternum 

 strongly punctured with brown ; abdomen beneath blackish. 



Long. 5 millim. (W. L. D.} 



Eeduvius pulvisculatus, sp. n. (Tab. II. fig. 3.) 



Body above purplish brown, thickly spotted with greyish 

 pile, more thickly on corium than on pronotum. Head, 

 antennae, rostrum, anterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum, mem- 

 brane, body beneath, femora, and tarsi black ; tibia? red, their 

 bases and apices black ; anterior lobe of pronotum thickly 

 covered with ochraceous pile ; head more sparingly pilose ; con- 

 nexivum above and beneath pale stramineous, slightly spotted 

 with brownish at the segmeutal incisures. 



Long. 20 millim. 



Allied to R. albopunctata, Stal. (W. L. D.) 



Reduvius sertus, sp. u. (Tab. II. fig. 8.) 



Head, antennae, rostrum, scutelluni, membrane, body be- 

 neath, and legs black ; a large quadrate spot on head extending 

 from front of eyes to base of antennae ; pronotum, corium, 

 comiexivum above and beneath, coxae, central area and lateral 

 margins of sternum, and a discal patch to abdomen ochraceous. 



