HEMIPTEKA ilETKKOFTERA. 489 



15. PllYLLOCEPHALA STRIATA. 



Striata, Sign. Rhv. el Mag. Zool. iii. 446, pi, 12, f. 5— Scliizops striata, 



Stal, Hem. Afr. i, 240. 

 Gabon. 



16. Phyllocephala distincta. 



(listincta, Sigti. Rev. el Mag. Zool. iii. 446, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 238. 



a. Angola. Presented liy J. J, Monteiro, Esq. 



b. West Africa, From M. du Chaillu's collection, 



17. Phyllocephala irrorata. 

 irrorata, Hope, Cat. Hem. 27, 



Sierra Leoue. 



18. Phyllocephala vicina. 



vicina, Sign. Rev. el Mag. Zool. iii. 446 — Scliizops vicina, Stal, Hem. Afr. 

 i, 240. 



Gabon. 



19. Phyllocei'Hala hottentotta. 



Macrina hottentotta, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 225— Scliizops 

 hottentotta, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 241. 



Natal. 



20, Phvllocephala affinis. 

 Dalsira affinis, Am. el Serv. Hint. Hem. 176. 



Cape. 



21, Phyllocephala impressa. 



Fulva, ovalis, suhtililer fuaco aul nigro punctatus ; caput litura nigra 

 trifurcata , lobis lateralibus disjunctis longis subacutis ; antenna; 

 nigrce, articulo ]o fulvo, 2o So longiore; thorax transverse et 

 scidellum striata ; thorax carina postice nigro marginata inter angulos 

 poslicos subacutos bene determinatos ; scutelliim apice rolundalum ; 

 venter e alomis nigris sulqnadrivillatus ; alee anticce membrana 

 pallide cinerea fusco co7ispersa. 



Tawnj', oval. Head with a three-forked black mark in the di^^k 

 between the eyes ; lateral lobes punctured, apart from each other, extending' 

 very much beyond the middle lobe, slighily acute. Eyes piueoiis, very 

 prominent. Kostrum extending to the fore coxae. Antenna black; first 

 joint tawny; second longer than the third. Thorax transversely striated, 

 with a distinct transverse ridge between the hind angles, which are 

 prominent and slightly acute; a black line along- the hind side of the 

 ridge; space behind the line and along the fore border and along the 

 dentate fore sides with black punctures; a transverse callus on each side 

 near the fore border. Scutelhnn rounded at the tip, transversely and 

 indistinctly striated, minutely and rather thickly punctured ; punctures 



