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n narrow fringe to the terminal disks ; two metatarsal 

 tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye ; 

 tibia half length of head and body, or less. Dark grey to 

 blackish brown above, with more or less distinct darker 

 symmetrical markings on the back and cross-bands on the 

 limbs ; a light streak sometimes present on the side, ending 

 in the groin ; lower parts yellowish white, with a dark brown 

 bar across the throat, or entirely dark brown or blackish. 



From snout to vent 35 mm. 



Several specimens from Merida, 5200 feet, and Rio 

 Albireggas, 11,300 feet, Venezuela, from the collection of 

 Mr. S. Bricefio. 



XX. — Ne^o or little-hnown Ethiopian Ilemiptera. 

 By E, Bekgroth, C.M.Z.S. 



The Entomological Research Committee of tiie British 

 Colonial Office having submitted to me for examination a 

 numberof Heteropterous Hemiptera sent in by theCommittee's 

 collectors from various parts of Africa, I have found among 

 them some new or insufficiently known species, which are 

 described or commented upon in this paper. 



Fam. Coptosomatidae. 

 Ceratocoris dama, sp. n. 



Late ovatus, valde convexus, niger, supra versicoloriter caerulco- et 

 aurichalceo- et cupreo-resplendens, maculis callosis parvis irregu- 

 laribus flavis remote conspersus, capite stibtus flavo, fascia intra- 

 oculari basali intus angustata et abbreviata, escavatione an- 

 tennali ac cornubus maris uigris, dimidio exteriio horum dense 

 contluenter fiavo-variegato, pectore cinereo, opaco, lateribus pro- 

 pleurarum late subnitidulis, f usco- et flavo-variegatis, vitta media 

 angusta curvata anteriore propleurarum nitida fusca ; mesosterno 

 medio nitido, nigro, acetabulia omnibus flavis, limbo lato ventris 

 intra spiracula extenso flavo, in segmentis quattuor mediis macu- 

 1am majusculam subquadratam nigram inter spiracula et latera 

 includente, spiraculis, linea transversa impressa pone haec mar- 

 gineque ipso laterali ventris nigris, hoc ad apicem segmentorum 

 interrupto, segmento ultimo ventrali medio flavo. Caput breve 

 et latissimum, apici pronoti a^que latum, medio declive, longitu- 

 dine sua media fere triple et dimidio latius, supra sat remote 

 punctulatum, subtus subteve, pro articulo prime antennarum 

 recipiendo late excavatum, superne praeter maculas parvas con- 

 spersas vitta mox intra marginem externum jugorum secundum 



