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membrane. Legs black ; coxse, troclianters, base and under 

 surface of femora coral-red ; tarsi, except the basal joint, 

 yellowish grey below. Pleura black, bordered with testaceous 

 above and in the sutures, and with red below ; abdomen 

 coral-red, the first five segments beneath with a long black 

 band on the sides behind. 



Allied to A. ivei-Jiavice, Fabr., but very distinct. 



Family Reduviidae. 

 Subfamily Beduviinm. 

 Eeduvius, Fabr., sp. 

 An immature specimen. 



Family BelostomatidaB. 

 Hydrocyrias herculeus (?). 



Ilyotrephes herculeus, StSl, CEfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1856, p. 46. 

 Hydrocyrius herculeus, StSl, Hemipt. Afr. iii. p. 181 (1865 ) 



Lambrane. 



Agrees fairly with Stal's description, taken from CafFrarian 

 specimens. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XII. 



Fig. 1 . Eumenes decipiens. 



Fig. 2. Pimpla nigricornis. 



Fig. 3. Bracon plumosus. 



Fig. 4. Antilochus submaculatus. 



Fig. 5. Trichomera insignata. 



Fig. 6. Ophion latipenne. 



Fig. 7. Cosmoderus Kingsleyce. 



Fig. 8. Aprophantia maculata. 



Fig. 9. Bathycharax granulatus. 



XLI. — Description of a new Kcovays, from Somaliland. 

 By Uldfield Thomas. 



The subject of the present description was obtained by 

 Mr. E. Lort Phillips in the spring of 1895, and, with his 

 usual generosity, has been presented by him to the British 

 Museum. , 



In honour of Mrs. Lort Phillips, who took a considerable 

 share in the collecting done by the expedition, the species 

 may be called 



Acomys Louisce^ sp. n. 

 Size rather small. General colour greyish fawn, not so 



