188 ^'^"1^' 



Hab., Old Calabar {Rutlierford) . 



Allied to the South African D.fuscosus, Germ., in markings, but 

 more shining and brilliant. Differs also by the shape of the scutellum, 

 which is more narrowed and angulated towards apex. The head is 

 also more narrowed at apex. 



Sub.-Fam. PENTATOMIN^. 

 Ennius Monteironis, n. sp. 



Head black, thickly and coarsely punctate, with a small luteous spot at centre 

 of basal margin. Pronotum, scutellum, and corium ochraceous, thickly, coarsely, 

 and darkly punctate, the punctures fuscous. Pronotum with the lateral margins 

 sub-erect and luteous ; the punctures darker and more confluent near anterior and 

 lateral margins ; three very small luteous spots on anterior margin, and a faint, 

 central, paler, longitudinal line also continued through scutellum. Corium with the 

 lateral margins, three discal lines, and two or three claval marginal lines, impunc- 

 tate, pale, and Isevigate. Scutellum with the apex narrowly paler, and with a small 

 black spot at each basal angle. Membrane black, with the margins paler. Body 

 beneath pitchy-brown, and coarsely punctate ; lateral margins of sternum and 

 abdomen narrowly luteous. Antennee and legs black ; trochanters, bases of inter- 

 mediate and posterior femora, and intermediate and posterior tibiae (excluding bases 

 and apices), ochraceous. Eostrum black. Antennae with the second, fourth, and 

 fifth joints subequal in length. Long., 11 mm. ; lat., 5 mm. 



Delagoa Bay (Jirs. Monteiro). 



Sub.-Fam. TESSERATOMIN^. 

 TeSSERATOMA H0RNIMA]5fI, Dist. 



In a recent number of the Revue d'Entomologie, vol. x, p. 213, 

 Dr. Bergroth has written the following note on this species : — 

 " Pars elevata metasterni ultra coxas medias parum producta." 

 " Par ce caractere remarquable, non mentionne par M. Distant, cet insecte se 

 distingue de tous ses congeneres. La lame mediane du metasternum s'etend jusqu' 

 aux hanches anterieures chez les autres especes." 



In describing T. Hornimani, I certainly did not refer to the 

 length of the metasternal elevation, as it is equalled in that respect 

 by T. yEthiops, Dist., described at the same time (both these species, 

 with their immature forms, have been figured in Waterhouse's " Aid 

 to the identif. of Ins."), it is also a character of T. neinorivaga, 

 Dist. T. Hornimani, by the length of the metasternal elevation, 

 cannot, therefore, be separated from the other species of the genus, or 

 even from the African species. 



The following is a tabulation of the African species of Tessara- 

 toma, divided by this character : — 



