Mr. \V. L. Distant on African Pentatomidae. 87 



Tropicorypha rubrocincta, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, above irregularly blackly punctate ; body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; apical margin of head, 

 lateral margins of pronotum, base of costal margin to 

 corium, anterior tibiae, apices of femora, upper surface of 

 intermediate tibiae and base of posterior tibiae sanguineous ; 

 antennae dull ochraceous, fourth and fifth joints pitchy 

 brown, their bases dull ochraceous ; a short lateral line in 

 front of eyes on under side of head, apex of rostrum, a small 

 spot near the anterior and intermediate coxae, and the 

 abdominal spiracles black ; head convexly rounded in front, 

 the apex of the central lobe only subprominent, somewhat 

 thickly blackly wrinkled and punctate, the basal area much 

 more sparsely punctate, a small levigate space before each 

 eye ; basal joint of antennae not reaching apex of head, 

 second joint larger than first, shorter than third, fourth and 

 fifth subequal in length, moderately thickened, and each a 

 little shorter than third ; pronotum coarsely blackly punctate, 

 more thickly and prominently so before the anterior and 

 lateral margins, the transverse cicatrices only slightly punc- 

 tate near their middle, lateral margins obliquely straight, 

 slightly acutely reflexed, posterior angles subprominent, sub- 

 acutely rounded ; scutellum sparingly blackly punctate, less 

 so centrally and basally, the basal angles with a black 

 puncture but not spot, corium sparingly, irregularly, blackly 

 punctate, the punctures concolorous on posterior discal area; 

 membrane hyaline, with small rounded piceous spots ; con- 

 nexivum reddish ochraceous, coarsely punctate, spotted with 

 blackish on each side of the incisures ; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxae. 



Long. 12^ to 13 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6 to 7 mm. 



Uab. Natal; Durban {Bell-Marley, Brit. Mus.) ; Brit. E. 

 Africa (Betton, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to T. victorini, Stal, differing by the practical 

 absence of the black spot to basal angles of scutellum, 

 different colour of antennae, sanguineous markings, &c. 



Tropicorypha maculata, sp. u. 



Body above ochraceous, beneath with legs paler ochra- 

 ceous ; eyes, four spots (sometimes only two plainly visible) 

 in transverse series near middle of pronotum, four small 

 spots on basal margin of scutellum and a minute spot at its 

 basal angles black ; membrane hyaline, more or less finely 

 spotted with brownish ; head finely transversely and obliquely 



