Mr. W. L. Distant's RhyncTiotal Notes. 323 



Centrotus bovinus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black, 

 a white spot at each basal angle of the scutellum ; sternum 

 largely whitely tomentose; tegmina subhyaline, wrinkled, 

 the veins castaneous, the base black, the apical area pale 

 bronzy brown ; pronotum wrinkled and punctate, centrally 

 longitudinally carinate, the anterior lateral processes some- 

 what slender, centrally carinate, and distinctly recurved, 

 their apices subacute, posterior process tricarinate, very 

 slightly elevated above scutellum and from thence recurved 

 and impinging on tegmina, its apex passing the posterior 

 angle of the inner tegminal margin. 



Long., incl. tegm., 7-7^ mm. ; exp. lat. pronot. process. 

 4^-5 tnm. 



Hab. Ugan^la ; Kadunguru, East. Province (C C. Gow- 

 dey). Brit. E. Africa ; Mumias Distr, {A. D. Milne). 



Allied to C. bantuantus, Dist., but is to be separated from 

 that species by the strongly recurved lateral pronotal 

 processes, &c. 



Centrotus shoanus, sp. n. 



Pronotum, body beneath, and femora dark ferruginous 

 brown; tibiae and tarsi testaceous ; lateral areas of sternum 

 strongly ochraceously tomentose ; tegmina subhyaline, 

 strongly wrinkled, venation dull ochraceous, extreme base 

 ferruginous brown ; pronotum thickly punctate, the lateral 

 processes moderately short and robust, transverse, their 

 apices obsoletely acute, the disk rather finely centrally 

 carinate, posterior process finely tricarinate, distinctly sepa- 

 rate from scutellum, apical area narrowed, the apex subacute 

 and reaching the posterior angle of inner tegmiual margin ; 

 scutellum with a small spot at each basal angle and the 

 lateral margins ochraceous. 



Long., incl. tegm., 8 mm. ; exp. lat. pronot. process. 4 mm. 



Hab. Abyssinia ; Shoa. Collected on the mission of 

 Sir W. C. Harris to Shoa. 



Centrotus matangensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black; scutellum with a 

 dark (sometimes pale) ochraceous spot in each basal angle ; 

 pronotal front, face, and legs dark purplish ; lateral areas 

 of sternum and abdomen beneath palely ochraceously 

 tomentose ; tegmina purplish brown ; pronotum punctate 

 and coarsely granulate, centrally longitudinally carinate, 



