5C4 Mr. W. L. Distant on undescr'ihed Rhynchota. 



and leo-s pale ocliraceous ; sternuni moderately blackly 

 punctare, disk of abdomen thickly blackly punctate, almost 

 unicolorous, remaining area darkly punctate, with a sinuate 

 longitudinal fascia o£ black punctures on each side, extreme 

 lateral margin spotted with black at apices of abdominal 

 segments ; legs ochiaceous, with a small black spot near 

 ap'ices of femora; antennae ochraceous, second and third 

 ioints subequal in length, each shorter than fourth or fifth 

 "ioints, which are also subequal ; head witii the apex broadly 

 subtruncate, posterior pronotal angles acutely produced, their 

 apices distinctly curved backwardly. 



Long. 6-7 mm. : exp. pronot. angl. 4^-5 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal ; Johannesburg [A. Ross) ; Pretoria, 

 Waterberg District. 



One varietal specimen has the pronotal angles not acutely 



produced. 



Fam. Lygseidae. 

 Lygceus swynnertoni, sp. n. 

 Somewhat dark ochraceous ; antennae, apex of vertex of 

 head, and a basal spot at inner margin of eyes broad ante- 

 rior margin connected with two longitudinal sublateral iasciaj 

 to pronotum, basal margin to scutellum, clayal area and a 

 marginal spot curved backwardly on costa o corium basal 

 niaroiu of membrane, sternum, rostrum, and legs black or 

 blackish ; anterior and intermediate femora apically annu- 

 lated with ochraceous; abdomen beneath ochraceous, the apical 

 seoment black, membrane fuscous brown, reflecting the dark 

 abdomen beneath; basal joint of antenna reaching or sligntly 

 passing the apex of head, second joint slightly longest, third 

 and fourth subequal in length ; pro-, meso-, and metasterna 

 each with a prominent black spot near lateral margins, that 

 on prosternum tuberculous. 



Long. 11 mm. t^ • nr n 



Hah. South Rhodesia (C. F. M. Swynnerton, Bnt. Mus.). 



Allied to L. hettoni, Dist. 



Fam. HydrometridsB. 



Subfam. Gesein^. 



ASCLEPIOS, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as broad, conically ix)unded anteriorly 



beyond the insertion of the antennae; eyes longer than broad, 



a little obliquely produced over the anterior angles ol the 



