1892.] 159 



Platttatus ambiguus, n. sp. 



Piceo-niger, apice articuli quarti antennai'um, signis duobus introrsum curvatis 

 ante medium pi'onoti apiceque scutelli luteo-testaceis, rostro ferrugineo, sternis et 

 abdomine medio cum coxis et trochanteribus interdum piceo-ferrugineis. Caput 

 subrugoso-punctatum, antennis latitudine basali pronoti paullo brevioribus, articulo 

 secundo primo duplo longiore, tertio latitudine sua vix duplo longiore, quarto secundo 

 subsequali, quinto quarto paullo breviore, rostro apicem segmenti tertii ventralis 

 attingente. Pronotum basi bemelytrorum paullo angustius, longitudine sua media 

 plus quam duplo latius, lateribus ante medium fortius rotundatis, dimidio antico 

 disci subtiliter granulato-punctato, dimidio postico parce sat fortiter hie et illic 

 transverse subseriatim granulato-punctato, limbo basali subtiliter punctato. Scu- 

 tellum sparsim granulato-punctatum. Pectus parce granulatum, mesosterno medio 

 per spatium latiusculum laeve, metasterno medio oblique striguloso. Hemelytra 

 apicem segmenti sexti dorsalis abdominis baud attingentia, corio sat dense granu- 

 lato. Abdomen dorso fere concolor, connexivo minute granulato, segmento ultimo 

 liujus in mare apice quam basi paullo latiore, margine apicali late oblique truncato, 

 angulo apicali a segmento genitali longius distante et hoc subsuperante, ventre parce 

 granulato, medio et limbo lateral i extra spiracula Isevigatis, segmento quinto maris 

 medio quarto paullo breviore, sexto quinto duplo longiore, segmento genitali maris 

 segmento sexto ventrali medio subsequilongo, apice obtuse rotundato, supra subtiliter 

 granulato, subtus transversim subtiliter strigulato. (Femina ignota). 



Long., (J, 12 — 13 mm. 

 Patria, Madagascar. Coll. mea. 



This curious Pentatomid has quite the aspect and the sculpture 

 of an Aradid, and has very probably the same modus vivendi, under 

 bark and arboreous fungi. 



Tammerfors, Finland : 



April 'dth, 1892. 



A NEW SPECIES OF EELOPELTIS. 

 BT DE. O. M. EEUTER. 



In the Ent. Mo. Mag., xxv, p. 272 (1889), my friend, Dr. E. 

 Bergroth, has published a list of the species belonging to the very 

 remarkable Capsid genus Selopeltis, Sign., and also described a new 

 species from Sikkim. The species are found in the Indian and 

 Malayan regions ; it is, therefore, surprising to find that the genus is 

 represented also in the Ethiopian region. I possess in my collection 

 two specimens of a new HeJopeltis, taken in Gaboon, and commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Sven Lampa, of [Stockholm ; I name this species R. 

 Bergrofliii. The food-plant of this is unknown. 



Helopeltis Beegrothii, n. sp. 

 Mas. : ochraceus velfere aurantiacus, pedibus concoloribus,ve7'tice,froiite, 

 clypeo, oculis antennisque nigris ; clavo, tertia basali parte exccpta, corio 



