156 Mr. \V. L. Distant's Rhynchotal Notes. 



and strongly ochraceously pilose, lateral aroas of sternnin 

 dull ochraceously toraeiitose; abdomen beneath hlackisb ; 

 tegmina brownish ochraoeous much suffusefl with piceons 

 hrown, especially at base and on costal and snbcostHl areas ; 

 pronotutn with the frontal area obliquely convex, the lateral 

 processes somewhat short, moderately recurved, and apically 

 Ijent downwardly, broad at base, subacute at apices, the 

 posterior process very strongly sinuous, strongly elevated 

 above scutellura, and roundly depressed and touching 

 tegmina near its base, afterwards broadly concave before 

 posterior angle of inner tegminal margin, and again de- 

 pressed and becoming subacute at apex, which nearly reaches 

 tegminal apex. 



Long. 8 mm.; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4^ mm. 



Huh. Nyasaland. 



A distinctive character of this species is found in the 

 peculiar structure of the pronotal lateral processes. 



Barsumas, gen. nov. 



Pronotura with the disk a little rounded in front between 

 the lateral processes, which are short, broad, a little upwardly 

 raised, their apices suddenly narrowed, acute, and a little 

 recurved, tiie posterior process very strongly sinuous, at base 

 strongly convexly raised above the scutellum, at the extre- 

 mity of which it touches the tegmina, then again convexly 

 raised and broadened but still adjacent to the tegmina, its 

 apex suchlenly attenuate and acute and passing the posterior 

 angle of tlie inner tegminal margin, the whole of its surface 

 shortly spinous above ; tegmina closely wrinkled, with the 

 venation very prominent. 



This genus is allied to Platijbelus, Stal. 



Barsumas prhnuSj sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, body beneath, and legs t(staceous or 

 castaneous ; tegmina subhyaline, wrinkled, the prominent 

 veins pale ochraceous, the base, some irregular scattered 

 markings, and extreme apical margin castaneous; pronotum 

 with the disk strongly centrally carinate, paler in hue at and 

 near the lateral processes, which have their margins serrate, 

 the acute narrowed apices darker in hue, the posterior 

 sinuateil process with its upper surface strongly serrate, 

 its api<;al area finely tuberculate, its extreme apex flavous, 

 lateral margins behind the bases of the lateral processes 

 greyish white ; face strongly pilose. 



Long. 5 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 ram. 



