Mr. W. F. Kirby on African Phasgonuridai. 213 



Conocephalus tuberculafus. 



Locust-/ tuberculoid, Rossi, Faun. Etr. i. p. 209 (1790). 

 LucuHa mandibularis, Charp. Hor. Ent. p. 100 (1825). 

 Conocephalus nmndibularis, Brunn. 1'rodr. Eur. Oiih. p. 304 (1882) ; 

 Redt. Verh. zuol.-bot Ges. Wien, xli. p. 427. n. 101 (1891). 



1, Fort Johnston (P. Rendu!!). 



Common in South Europe and almost throughout Africa. 



XlPMIDIINJS. 



Xiphidium iris. 



Xiphidion iris, Serv. In?. Ortli. p. 506 (18.19). 



Xiphidium iris, Redt. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xli. p. 515 (1891). 

 Xiphidium punctipenne, Walk. Cat. Derm. Salt. ii. p. 272. n. 14 (1860). 

 Xiphidium tenue, Walk. /. c. n. 15 (1891). 



1, Pretoria (IV. L. D.); 1, Fort Johnston, Nyasalaud 

 (P. Kendall). 



Mauritius, Rodriguez, Madagascar, Gaboon, Zanzibar 

 (Redt.); S. Africa (13. M.). 



Psendophyllid®. 



PsEUDOPIITLLINM. 



Zabalius orientalis. 



Mataus orientalis, Karsch, Rerl. ent. Zeitschr. xxxvi. p. 85 (1890) ; 

 Bruun. Mou. Pseud, p. 30 (1895). 



1, Barberton (P. Rendall). 



Usambara, Tanganyika (Berlin Museum) ; Zanzibar 

 (Dohrn) ; Bihe (?) (Bolivar). 



The descriptions of this species are very poor. Mr. Dis- 

 tant's specimen has broad oblique yellow lines, with slight 

 pseudopodiform projections, and narrowly bordered on the 

 outside with black. In fact it much resembles Z. Bicicje.i, 

 but the thoracic granules are less numerous, and are yellow in 

 front, and reddish behind instead of black. 



Zabalius Bocagei. 



Mustius Bocagei, Bol. Jorn. Sci. Lisb. (2) i. p. 221 (1890). 



1, Angola {Monteiro). 



The Natural History Museum possesses a discoloured 

 specimen from the Congo which agrees with Bolivar's descrip- 

 tion in having the inside of the hind femora blood-red. 

 Air. Distant's specimen is only slightly faded on the head &c, 

 and is pale green, with the thoracic granules black. The 



