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



transverse line between the humeral angles, in front of which 

 half the surface is transversely rugulose, the other anterior 

 half somewhat finely punctate, lateral margins denticu- 

 late, lateral angles strongly robustly subangularly produced, 

 slightly directed forwardly, posterior area reticulately 

 rngulose ; scutellum transversely rugulose ; corium thickly 

 finely punctate ; sternum sparingly punctate, disk of abdomen 

 impunctate. 



Long. 17 mm. 



IJab. Ovampo Land. 



Gonopsis lineata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous ; pronotum 

 with a transverse fascia between the humeral angles and 

 extending to their apices, black (in some specimens the 

 fascia is more or less obsolete) ; corium brownish ochraceous ; 

 membrane greyish subhyaline, but reflecting the ochraceous 

 abdomen beneath ; connexivum stramineous, inwardly mar- 

 gined by a black line ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, 

 finely darkly punctate ; abdomen beneath with a central 

 longitudinal levigate central fascia; head with the lateral 

 margins nearly straight, scarcely perceptibly sinuate before 

 the eyes, apices of lateral lobes only separated at apices 

 which are subacute ; antennae reddish testaceous, second and 

 third joints subequal in length, second almost reaching apex 

 of head ; pronotum with the lateral angles straightly trans- 

 versely subacutely produced, the lateral margins denticulate, 

 the whole surface more or less finely darkly punctate, and 

 the anterior area distinctly transversely rugulose; scutellum 

 transversely rugulose, somewhat darkly punctate on the 

 lateral margins ; corium thickly finely punctate ; membrane 

 not reaching apex of abdomen ; sternum distinctly darkly 

 punctate. 



Long. 15 to 17 mm. 



Hab. Southern Congo Region. 



Genus Cyclopelta. 



Cyclopelta, Amy. & Serv. Hist. Hem. p. 172 (1843). 



Type, C. obscura, Lepel. & Serv. 



Cyclopelta abyssinica, sp. n. 



Black ; base of first joint of antennas and the legs casta- 

 neous, tarsi black ; antennae robust, second joint twice as 

 long as third, a little longer than fourth ; head, pronotum, 



