Mr. W. L. Distant on Coreidrc. 369 



angles subacutely produced, slightly directed upwards. Scu- 

 tellum transversely rugulose. Corium thickly and somewhat 

 coarsely punctate. Membrane opaque. First and second 

 abdominal segments each with two robust conical tubercles. 



Long., £ 22, ? 25 millim. 



Bab. East Africa; Ruwenzori, 7000-8000 feet (Scott 

 Elliot, Brit. Mus.). 



Evagrius, gen. nov. 



Allied to Holopterna, Stal, but differing in the following 

 particulars : — 



S ■ First joint of the antenna? longer than the fourth joint, 

 but considerably shorter than the third and fourth joints 

 together ; third joint moderately dilated and grooved, a little 

 shorter than fourth joint. Second, third, and fourth abdo- 

 minal segments armed with a prominent tubercle on each side 

 of disk. 



The pronotal angles are very strongly, laminately, and 

 arcuately produced, and between their area and the head the 

 pronotum is suddenly and profoundly deflected. 



Evagrius gladius, sp. n. 



Pale castaneous, femora and antennae darker in hue, the 

 last with the apical joint pale stramineous ; membrane 

 piceous ; abdominal tubercles black ; meso- and metasternum 

 with a broad oblique ochraceous fascia on each side. An- 

 tennae with the bases and apices of the second and third joints 

 very narrowly ochraceous, third joint moderately dilated and 

 distinctly grooved, fourth joint the most slender and cylin- 

 drical. Pronotum with the depressed space between the area 

 of the angles and head ochracepusly pilose, with a narrow 

 obscure central fascia extending therefrom to base ; the angles 

 extremely prominent, laminate, somewhat arcuately directed 

 forwards and upwards, their apices slightly recurved and 

 subacute, their margins moderately dentate, posterior femora 

 with a prominent tooth and some smaller teeth near apex ; 

 posterior tibiae moderately dilated, with an inner prominent 

 spine near apex. 



Long. 23 millim. ; max. abd. lat. 6 millim. ; exp. pronot. 

 angl. 11 millim. 



Hah. Brit. East Africa ; Maziwa Mitatu and Maungu 

 (C. S. Betton, Brit. Mus.). 



