170 Mr. W. L. Distant on Undescrihcd Genera and 



lateral margin to corium, lateral margins of sternum, and alxlominal 

 margins above and beneath ochraceous. 



Antennoe with the second and third joints snbequal in length and 

 a little shorter than the fourth and fifth which are also snbequal, 

 fourth joint moderately incrassate. Pronotum thickly punctate, the 

 margins more spax'ingiy so. Scutellum thickly and finely punctate 

 and faintly transversely wrinkled ; corium thickly and more coarsely 

 punctate. 



Long. 6i millim. Max. exp. 4 milliui. 



HaUtat. East Afkica, Kilimanjaro Mt., 10 to 14,000 

 feet (Sir H. H. Johnstone— Brit. Mas.). 



Distinguished from D.Jimhiiatus, Thunb., by the differ- 

 ent relative lengths of the second and third joints of the 

 antenna?, the concolorous inner and apical margins to the 

 corium, etc. 



Genus Hoplistodera. 



HopUstodera recnrva, sp. n. (Plato II, fig. 9.) 



Ochraceous, coarsely, sparingly, and darkly punctate. Head with 

 some basal castaneous spots. Pronotum with two anterior discal 

 subfoveate transverse spots, a central subniarginal spot, and a spot 

 at base of posteriorly produced angles castaneous. Scutellum paler 

 ochraceous o]i basal half where there are four castaneous fascia?, two 

 central and one near each lateral margin. Memlwane pale obscure 

 hyaline. Body beneath ochraceous, sternum sparingly coarsely and 

 darkly punctate ; prosternum centrally castaneous, meso- and meta- 

 sternum more or less snft'used with castaneous ; abdomen with a 

 longitudinal fascia of dark }iunctures on each lateral discal area. 

 Antenmie pale castaneous. 



The pronotal posterior angles are well ]iroduced, moderately re- 

 curved with their apices acute. 



Long. 8 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 7i millim. 



HaUtat. India, Chakrata — North-West Provinces. 

 (Anderson Coll.— Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to H. viresecns, Dall., but differing by the more 

 laminate, recurved and acutely-spined pronotal angles, 

 somewhat larger size, etc. 



Nezara. .vthiops, sp. n. 



AbiA'e purplish-black ; basal lateral margin of corium and apex of 

 sculelluin paler ; a small levigate greyish spot near each basal angle 



