202 On new or Uttle-hioivn FAhiopian Ilemijitera. 



intralateralibus in segmento primo et tribxis ultimis utrinque una, 

 in segmentis secundo efc tertio utrinque tribus, quarum duabus ad 

 marginem basalem sitis, macula segmenti sexti longe pone medium 

 ad ipsum marginem lateralem posita, segmento primo ad latera 

 segmento secundo et metapleurse subseque longo(hamo copulatorio 

 maris infra delineato). Pedes testacei, pilosi, femoribus annulis 

 compluribus fuscis interdum interruptis cinctis, anticis pronoto 

 pauUulo longioribus et latitudine sua subbasali fere quadruplo 

 longioribus, tibiis anterioribus annulis tribus fuscis (paullo pone 

 basin, medio apiceque) notatis, lenissime curvatis, subtus minute 

 spinulosis, tibiis posticis paullo pone basin et apice annulo fusco- 

 nigro et inter hos annulis compluribus dilute fuscis ornatis, apice 

 articulorum tarsorum omnium fusco, articulis duobus ultimis 

 tarsorum posticorum jeque longis. 

 Long., S 8-8"5 mm., $ 9 mm. ; cum hemelytr., (5 9-9*5 mm., 

 $ 10 mm. 



Nyasaland : between Mlanji and Zomba, 2000-3000 feet 

 {8. A. Neave). 



Belongs to the subgenus Aptus, and is allied to R. Iwtteyi- 

 tothis, Rent., but it is scarcely " ohXongo-ovatus " ; the pro- 

 notum is broader, its posterior lobe almost horizontal, not 

 " convexo-declivis," and without the sublateral fuscous 



Fig. 2. 



Left copulatory hook of Hednviolus corixipennis, Bergr., seen from the 

 outside (a), from below (6), and obliquely from the inside (c). 



vitta; the hemelytra are considerably longer and the legs 

 differently coloured, with the second joint of the hind tarsi 

 longer; there are also some colour-differences in tlie antennae 

 and other parts of the body. The markings of the hemelytra 

 remind one of the genus Corixa. 



To this species belong the specimens recorded from 

 Kilimandjaro by Poppius (in Sjostedt, Kiliman.-Meru Exp. 

 xii. p. 59) under the name R. hottentottiis , Kent. 



