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narrowest posteriorly; posterior half transversely striate. Tegmina 

 with basal two-lifths castaneous, apical three-litths testaceous with 

 a large castaneous spot near Ihe apex of the margin; the line of 

 demarcation between these two coloured areas is V-shaped and 

 finely dentate. Abdomen and legs orange. Supra anal lamina sub'- 

 ({uadrangular, sub-genita'. lamina asymmetrical, styles minute. 

 Gerci pointed, orange. 



Total length 16 mill.; length of body 12,7 mill.; length of 

 tegmina 14 mill. ; pronotum i,.'] mill. X 5,2 mill. 



BenaBendi, Sankuru River (L. Cloetens), Popocabacca (F. Loos). 



Congo Free State. Two examples. Allied to G. gloriosa Stal but 

 smaller and ditTerently coloured. 



NAUPHCETA SORDIDA sp. n. 



9. Dull sordid testaceous. Antennre fuscous, eyes wide apart. 

 Pronotum uniformly coloured with a few scattered fuscous points, 

 some larger ones arranged round the margin. Tegmina not exceed- 

 ing the apex of the abdomen by much, uniformly sordid testaceous 

 witli scattered black points, the extreme base of the radial vein 

 piceous, mediastinal area rather narrow. Abdomen dull pale 

 castaneous, supra-anal lamina bilobed. Legs dull testaceous spotted 

 with castaneous points. 



Total length 31 mill. ; length of body 27,3 mill. ; length of 

 tCj^mina 24 mill. ; pronotum 7 mill. X 9,8 mill. 



Cameroons, Mukonje Farm (R. Roiide). Two examples. 



This dull-coloured species presents a great contrast to the bright 

 testaceous species so characteristic of West-Africa ; its nearest ally 

 appears to be A^ heydeniana Sauss. & Zeiint. from .Madagascar, but 

 that species has the tegmina shorter and is not spotted with black 

 points,, the tegmina also are more convex. 



STILPNOBLATTA MINUTISSIiVIA sp. n. 



9. Dark castaneous, nitid, minutely and obscurely punctate. Eyes 

 and antennal sockets equally far apart. Antenna) castaneous at base, 

 fuscous in the middle, apical 3 joints testaceous. Pronotum not 

 covering verlex of liead. Tegmina squamiform, broader than long, 

 scarcelyexceeding the mesonotum, punctate, radial vein represented 

 by an obtuse carina. Supra-anal lamina pi'oduced, rotundate, apex 

 not emarginate, exceeded by the. sub-genital lamina which is semi- 

 orbiculai-, ample. Cerci very short and bliuil, their jointing obscured. 



