140 Mr. B. P. Uvarov's Notes on 



convex ; hind margin very obtusely rotundato-angulate ; lateral keels 

 scarcely perceptible and internipted in prozona, undeveloped in nieta- 

 zona ; lateral lobes distinctly convex. Prosternal tubercle strongly 

 conical, -witli the apex obtuse. Elytra not reaching the apex of 

 the abdomen, strongly widened at the end of the basai thhd, Avith 

 the apex narrowly triangular. Wings much shorter than the 

 elytra. Hmd margin of the last tergite strongly chitinised, slightly 

 incrassate, feebly and irregularly serrulate, with a quite small promi- 

 nence in the middle. Supra- anal plate broader than long; the 

 two submedian tubercles in thq shape of small, sharp carinulae, 

 connected with each other; the lateral tubercles rather large, 

 triangular. Cerci AAdth the basal (descending) part somewhat 

 thicker and about half as long as the apical part ; the apical third 

 strongly compressed laterally and dilated; the apex obliquely 

 rotundato-truncate from behind. 



General coloration broAvn. Face paler. Lateral lobes of the 

 pronotum with a shining black spot, and a small pale spot below 

 it. Elytra browii, -with a few indefinite blackish spots. Wings 

 bright red, with the fore margin blackish. Hind femora with a 

 blackish triangular spot in the middle of the upperside, extending 

 into the upper part of the inside ; the latter dirty yellow, somewhat 

 blackened near the apex; lower inner sulcus dirty yellow. Hind 

 tibiae dirty yellow ; spines with the apices black. 



Length of body 22-5 mm. ; of pronotum 6 mm. ; of elytra 11 mm. ; 

 of hind femora 135 mm. 



Dimensions of the paratypic female are as follows : Length of 

 body 25 mm. ; of pronotum 7-5 mm. ; of elytra 12 mm. ; of hind 

 femora 15 mm. 



The species is rather variable in its general coloration; 

 thus one of the males from Beira is greyish-brown, with 

 whitish and blackish spots; the hind femora are often 

 with three blackish fasciae on the upperside and with black 

 streaks in the lower outer sulcus. The morphological 

 characters are, however, quite constant. 



British Museum specimens : Mount Chirinda, Gaza 

 Land, 1 iii. 1907 (David Odendaal), 9 <^^, 1 ??; the 

 same locality {G. A. K. Marshall), 1 S, 2 ??; Beira, E. 

 Africa [G. A. Sheppard), 3 ^<:^, 1 $ {i^jjje and 22 paratypes). 



2. Amblyphynius roseus, sp. n. 



Differs from A. miniatus by the following characters : — More 

 compressed laterally ; scarcely rugose. Frontal ridge with margins 

 slightly sinuate below the ocellum. Disc of pronotum less convex ; 



