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apicem versus incrassato, prope basin intus breviter sotnloso, 

 S'jcundo primo distinctc breviore, nigro (articuli ultimi desunt). 

 Coriiim et clavus fusco-punctulata, punctis partis basalis exocorii 

 ill vittara angustam coiigestis, limbo exteriio corii rufo-punctato. 

 Femora antica subtus in margine anteriore dimidii apicalis 

 denticulis diiobus armata. 

 Long., 5 , 12 mm. 



Uganda: Masaka [G. C. Goiodey). 



Allied to C.carnife.v, Fabr., but iinich larger and differently 

 coloured. 



Fam. Myodochidae. 

 LeiJiceus simpsoni, ^^. n. 



Oblongus, angustus, snbnitidus, niger, vena cubitali corii post 

 medium macula minuta oblongula subcallosa lutea et vena radiali 

 nonnihil ante apicem maculis talibus duabus minus distiiictis 

 uotatis, membrana fusca, venis pallesceutibus, antennis, rostro 

 pedibusque piceis, tibiis et tarsis obscure sordide testaceis. 

 Caput paullo transversum, crebre minute punctulatum, margine 

 basali lajve, rostro coxas posticas subattiugente, articulo primo 

 antennarum plus quam dimidio apicem capitis superante, secundo 

 primo sesqui longiore, tertio primo parum longiore (art. quartu$ 

 deest). Pronotum longitudine tertia parte latins, latitudine 

 apicali dimidio longius et apice quara basi duplo angustius, usque 

 ad margines laterales hand explauatos ante medium leviter rotun- 

 datos transversim nonnihil convexum, sat fortiter baud dense 

 punctatum, ante medium area transversa laevi medio punctis 

 longitudinaliter interrupta prseditum. Scutellum et pleurae sat 

 dense punctata. Hemelytra apicem abdominis attingentia, clavo 

 regulariter triseriatim percurrenter punctate, corio modice dense 

 punctulato, vena transversa venas tres exteriores membrante 

 conjungente interdum incompleta. Abdomen subtus baud nisi 

 quam subtilissime punctulatum. Femora antica inermia. Arti- 

 cuius primus tarsorum posticorum duobus ultimis unitis vix 

 magis quam dimidio longior. 



Long., c5' , 6 mm. 



Southern Nigeria : Badagvi (J. J. Simpson). 

 A narrow species, very distinct in several chaiacters from 

 the hitherto known African forms. 



Fam. ReduviidaB. 

 Sub fam. Zelin^. 

 Rliinocoris niliduluSj Fabr. 

 A specimen from Uganda, found by Mr. Gowdey, differs 



