92 Mr. W. L. Distant on African Pentatomidse. 



with the apices of the lateral lobes of the head more out- 

 wardly divergent and more acutely conical in structure; 

 pronotal angles much more outwardly and forwardly pro- 

 duced, their apices finely acute ; abdomen beneath with a 

 sublateral segmental series of spots on each side, the spiracles 

 and small marginal spots black; antennae with the fourth 

 and fifth joints (excluding bases) black, third joint longer 

 than second or fourth ; femora spined at apices. 



Long. 13 mm. ; exp. pronot. augl. 7^ mm. 



Hab. Blue Nile ; near mouth of Dinder River (S. S. 

 Floioer, Brit. Mus.). 



Diploxys rhodesiana, sp. n. 



Head sparingly coarsely punctate, a levigate spot before 

 each eye, the lateral margins and the central lobe black ; 

 antennas testaceous, the fourth and fifth joints black, base 

 of fourth testaceous ; pronotum black, rugulose and coarsely 

 punctate, the anterior and lateral margins, a central irre- 

 gular longitudinal narrow fascia and some levigate markings 

 on anterior area ochraceous ; scutellum black, more or less 

 rugulose and coarsely punctate, apical half paler than basal 

 half, a yellow levigate submarginal fascia on each side for 

 about half the length from base and a central longitudinal 

 levigate fascia which is sometimes concolorous and some- 

 times ochraceous ; corium black, finely punctate, the costal 

 area more coarsely punctate, the base of costal margin 

 ochraceous ; membrane greyish, not quite reaching abdo- 

 minal apex; connexivum ochraceous; body beneath and 

 legs ochraceous, sternum and abdomen somewhat coarsely 

 and darkly punctate, lateral margins of head, sublateral 

 margins of sternum and abdomen and the abdominal 

 spiracles, black ; tarsi and the apices of tibiae testaceous red; 

 lateral lobes of head longly passing the central lobe and 

 contiguous, their apices rounded, not acute ; pronotum with 

 the lateral margins sinuate, the lateral angles prominent and 

 rounded but not produced ; antennae with the second, third, 

 and fourth joints subequal in length, fifth longer. 



Long. 10 to 11£ mm. 



ffab, Mashonaland; Mazoe (G. A, K. Marshall, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Allied to D. rostrata, Fabr., and J), hastata, Fabr., but 

 differing from both in the rugulose and coarsely punctate 

 pronotum and scutellum, black coloration, &c. 



Amaxosana, gen. nov. 

 Head about as long as pronotum, broad at base, attenuated 



