new Species of African Diploptera, 449 



mesonotum posteriorly, the apex of the scutelluna, the post- 

 scutellum, two approximated ovate marks on mesopleurse 

 (tlie upper large, the lower minute), the truncation of the 

 median segment laterally, pale yellow. 



All the abdominal tergites with apical fascia widening 

 laterally, those on tergites 2-5 dilating medially, and 

 sternites 1-5 at the extreme apex, pale yellow. Legs pale 

 yellow, except the coxse and femora, which are black. 



Mandibles, flagellum, and tegulae anteriorly ferruginous. 



Wings clear hyaline. 



Clypeus deeply emarginate at apex, broader than long. 

 Head and thorax somewhat coarsely, abdomen more finely, 

 punctured ; truncation of median segment finely longi- 

 tudinally striate. 



Length 7 mm. 



i7fl*. Patchari (22. iii. 1911) and N'jau (IS.iii. 1911), 

 Gambia; 3 ? . 



Presented by the Entomological Research Committee 

 (Tropical Africa). This is the first species of Juyiirtia 

 received from south of the Sahara, but it nevertheless 

 strongly resembles the Palsearctic species of the genus, from 

 which it has been found difficult to separate it. 



/. shnpsoni can be distinguished from the nearly allied 

 species as follows : — 



A. Surface of tnincatioTi of median segment 



usually entirely yellow, occasionally with 

 black pipe-shaped marks, as in type 

 specimen : J. escalevce, M.- Waldo. 



B. Surface of truncation of median segment 



black, yellow laterally. 

 a. Legs and auteunte entirely yellow .... /. niimida, Sauss. 

 h. Legs not entirely yellow, antennae black 

 or ferruginous. 

 «^. Flagellum black above, mesopleurte 



coarsely punctured /. oranietisis, Sauss, 



b. Flagellum ferruginous, mesopleurae 



liuely punctured J. simpsoni, sp. n. 



Rhaphidoglossa, S. S. Saunders. 



Raphidoglossa punctata, M.- Waldo. 



A long series of this species, consisting of ten males and 

 twenty-seven females, all collected by S. A. Neave from the 

 Lower Luangwa River, N.E. Rhodesia, with the exception of 

 one male from Lufira River, Katanga, shows it to be distinct 

 from R. natulensis, Smith. It was suggested (Ann. & Mag. 

 iS^at. Hist. (8) V. p. 35, 1910) that R. punctata, the male 



