504 Mr. G. Meade-Waldo's revmo)} of the species of 



Braiois). Coll. No. 15. Dedicated to the captor and donor. 

 A stout species, easily recognised by the sculpture of the 

 scutelluni and postscutellum. the general appearance is 

 ferruginous. 



0. (Lionotus) kristenseni, sp. n. 



$. Niger, hiteo-variegatus ac fasciatus; mandibulis clypcoque 

 basi. luaeula inter antennas, pronoto antice, scutello lateribus. po.'«t 

 tegulis, abdominis segmentis 1-4 fasciis apicalibus completis, aeg- 

 mento 5 fascia apicali mediano, tibiis tarsisque, flavo-luteis ; tegulis 

 maximis ; femoribus I et II plerumquo, tegulisque ferruginei.*5. Alis 

 subhyalinis. area costali subfusca. Long. S mm. 



Head and thorax clothed with a short silvery pubescence, most 

 conspicuous on pleura and median segment ; abdomen moi-e spar- 

 ingly clothed with a similar pile. Clypeus hardly so broad as long, 

 very finely punctured, narrowly produced to\\ai'ds apex, apex 

 weakly bidentate. Mandibles rather slender. Tliorax about as 

 wide as head; lateral angles of pronotum acute, tlie pronotum 

 gradually widening towards tegulae ; scutellum Hat, but rather 

 raised above mesonotum, postscutellum truncate, laterally armed 

 with sharp tubercles; median segment subtruncate, the lateral 

 angles rounded. Abdomiiial segment 1 rather slender, abruptly 

 widening towards apex; tergite 2 longer than broad, with a distinct 

 median longitudinal carina which docs not reach either the extreme 

 base or apex of the segment. Tegulae very large, sparsely but 

 distinctly punctured. Head, thorax and abdomen all punctured; 

 the mesonotum rugose and longitudinally striate; concavity of 

 median segment almost imperceptibly punctate, the abdomen finely 

 but regidarly punctured. The yellow markings on legs grade into 

 ferruginous, tarsi almost entirelj' ferruginous. 



Wings subhyaline, rather smoky along the costa. 



Length S mm. 1 $. 



Abyssinia: Harrar {Guunar Kn'stensen), May 1911, 

 presented to the British Museum by R. E. Turner. 



This species is easily recognisable by the abnormally 

 large tegulae, and longitudinal carina on tergite 2. 



0. (Lionotus) gambiensis, sp. n. 



?. Niger, luteo-ferrugineoque variegatus; clypeo, pronoti mar- 

 gins postico, abdominisque segmentis 1-4 fasciis apicalibus 

 luteis; mandibulis, antennis, sinu orbitali, macula post oculos; 

 pronoto, tegulis, scutello, postscutello, macida mosopleuris, seg. 

 menti mediani lateribus, abdominis segmentis primo, et sexto 



