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cence, and the four hinder legs more or less blackish above. 

 "Wings iridescent purplish subhyaline. 



Agrees very closely with the description and figure of the 

 Javan E. melanosoma, Sauss., but appears to be distinct. 

 Specimens in the British Museum from Sierra Leone were 

 labelled E. melanosoma by the late F. Smith. The species 

 belongs to the group of E. cethiopica^ Sauss. 



Synagris dentata. 



Synaqris dentata, Sauss, Etudes Fam. Vesp. i. p. 80, pi. xiii. fig. 3 

 (1852). 



A common African species. 



Subsection Anthophila. 



Family ApidsB. 



Subfamily Me&acsilin^. 



Euaspis ahdominalis. 

 Thynnus ahdominalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 245, n. 3 (1793). 

 A single specimen. 



Subfamily Xtlocofinje. 



Xylocojya imitator. 



Xylocopa imitator, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 351. n. 35 



(1854). 



One specimen. 



Order HEMIPTERA. 



Suborder Heteroptera. 



Family Scutelleridse. 

 Subfamily Artriopterin^. 



Plataspis punctata. 



Canopus punctatus, Leach, Bowdich, Mus. Ashantee, App. p. 496 

 (1819) ; Gray, Griffith's Anim. Kingd. xv. p. 233, pi. xcii. fig. 2 

 (1832). 



A very pretty species. 



Brachyplatys pallipes. 

 Cimex pallipes, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 343. n. 26 (1781). 

 One specimen. 



