324 Mr. W. L. Distant's descriptions, ^c. 



size — nervures reticulated, those of apical third brownish. 

 Wings hyaline, with the nervm-es black and the inner 

 and outer margins broadly of the same colour, much 

 more widely so at apex, and rather paler on inner margin. 

 Abdomen above reddish, with the basal third black. 

 Under side of body luteous ; abdomen with dull reddish 

 shadings and two large obconical black spots on apical 

 segment. Anterior and intermediate legs black, Avith 

 bases of femora luteous ; hind coxffi and femora luteous, 

 the last with a black subapical band, and the apex, tibia3 

 and tarsi reddish. 



The pronotum has two fovere on disc, separated by a 

 raised central longitudinal line ; the tegmina and wings 

 have the nervures very closely reticulated, very indis- 

 tinctly, however, on the central hyaline portion of the 

 wings; the abdomen has a central longitudinal keel ; ros- 

 trum reaching a little beyond posterior coxa? ; legs some- 

 what pilose; hind tilnte armed with a marginal row of 

 five spines, of which the basal two are small and obscure. 



Long. ex. tegm. 20 mill. ; exp. tegm. 49 mill. 



Isubu, Mongo-ma-lobah, W. Africa. Coll. Horniman ; 

 Distant. 



