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on the lateral margin near base. Corlura with the base of lateral margins paler in 

 hue and hirsute. Membrane obscure fuscous. Connexivum alternately black and 

 ochraceous. Body beneath ochraceous, disc of abdomen testaceous ; a broad, black, 

 sublateral fascia extends from base of head to apex of abdomen, and inwardly con- 

 tains a series of ochraceous spots, three central ochraceous spots to abdomen. Legs 

 punctured with brown, apices of the femora and tibi{3e pitchy. Rostrum, excluding 

 base, pitchy, and two pitchy spots near base of anterior coxae. Long., 6 mm. 



Hab. : South Africa ; Cape Town. 



A species to be recognised by the transverse striation to the 

 pronotum, and the distinct markings on the under-surface of the 

 body. 



Sub-Family PHYLLOCEPHALIN^. 

 Basicryptus elongatus, n. sp. 



Body above pale castaneous ; head, anterior half of pronotum, and basal two- 

 thirds of scutellum more or less ochraceous. Head with the anterior margins 

 darker, and very thickly and coarsely punctate, remaining area more obscurely 

 punctate. Anteniise ochraceous, basal joint, base of 2nd, and apices of 2nd and 3rd, 

 pitchy. Pronotum with the basal half and part of anterior half rugosely striate, 

 the anterior lateral margins strongly dentate and pitchy. Scutellum rugulose and 

 coarsely punctate. Corium thickly and finely punctate, the lateral margins coarsely 

 rugose, or subnodulose and dull ochraceous. Membrane greyish. Body beneath 

 and legs pale castaneous, head beneath and the lateral areas of sternum ochraceous. 

 Rostrum castaneous. Long., 21 mm. 



Hnh. : Transvaal, E-ustenberg. 



This fine species is allied to B. gibhosus, Dall., from which it 

 differs by its much more elongate body, by the 3rd joint of the an- 

 tennas being only slightly shorter than the 2nd, the anterior lateral 

 margins of the pronotum are much more strongly dentate, the apex 

 of the scutellum is narrower, &c. 



I did not meet with it myself on the highlands of the Transvaal, 

 and it is probably confined to the warmer valleys. 



Basicrtptus antennatus, n. sp. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but differing principally by the antennae, 

 in which the apex of the 4th joint is distinctly enlarged and subspatulate, the apical 

 joint being also considerably more thickened than in B. elongatus. Other points of 

 difference are found in the lateral margins of the pronotum, which are more regu- 

 larly dentate to the lateral angles, the scutellum is narrower and less einuated before 

 the apical area, and the sternum is wholly ochraceous. Long., 19 mm. 



Hab. : East Africa, Nyassa {Cutlerell). 



Russell Hill Road, Purley : 

 August, 1892. 



