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Cyrtotria gihbicollis Stal is veiy near this species. 



Kilimandjaro: Kibonoto 1,000 — 1,900 metres, Masai steppes (Aug. to Nov.). 

 Lower Meiu. 2 <S£, 33 ?? adult and larval. Previous!}- recorded from Aruscha, 

 E. Africa. 



(jrtotria tuherculatsi sp. n. 



?. Allied to C. capucina Gerst. but tlie pronotum anteriorly with small scat- 

 tered tubercles, posteriorly rugose with a few fine punctures. Head more rufous. 

 Total length 15 mm.; pronotum 5 mm. x 5 mm. 

 Kilimandjaro: Lower Kibonoto (Feb.), 1 ?. 



Gen. Paraspluieria Br. 



ParaxpJiaeria ^ marniorata sp. n. 

 (PI. 2, tig. 8.) 



$. Testaceous, marbled with fuscous. Head only half covered by pronotum; 

 eyes rather small and wide apart, ocelli absent, antennae fuscous, equal to half the 

 body-length ; frons rufo-castaneous, face with dark markings. Pronotum trapezoidal, 

 anterior and posterior margins truncate, lateral margins hyaline, disc with a few 

 shallow punctures and with a dark lyrate marking. Tegmina lobiform, testaceo- 

 hyaline; mesonotum and metanotum with scattered punctures and dark markings 

 synnnetrically aiTanged, lateral margins hyaline. Abdominal tergites with scattered 

 shallow punctures laterally bordered with testaceous, their posterior margins broadly 

 olive brown, a central row of fuscous spots and a sub-marginal row on each side of 

 similar markings, in addition some irregular fuscous markings between the central 

 and submarginal rows; 1st to 7*'^ tergite divided by a transverse suture into a narrow 

 anterior half and a broader posterior half. Supra-anal lamina slightly produced, 

 trigonal; cerci very short, of four joints. Abdominal sternites with submarginal row 

 of castaneous spots, an irregular transverse row of markings on each sternite, except 

 the last Avhich is castaneous on the disc ; each sternite except the last is divided like 

 the tergites; sub-genital lamina ample, semiorbicular, extending beyond the supra-anal 

 lamina. Legs short, testaceous, a fuscous line on the outer side of the femora; tibia! 

 spines in three rows: posterior metatarsus not equal to the remaining joints; arolia 

 large. 



Length 15 mm.; pronotum 3 mm. x 4,5 mm. 



Lower 3Ieru (Nov.); 1 ?. 



I have been unwilling to place this species in the Neotropical genus Parusphaeria, 

 but the unique female specimen certainly presents no features whereby it can be 

 separated therefrom; the exposed head, lobiform tegmina, tibial spines and short tarsi 

 are the distinctive characters of Parasphaeria and until the male sex is discovered 

 this species must be allowed a place in that genus. 



