Mr. W. L. Distant on Coreidee. 373 



The type of this species is no longer to be found ; there 

 are, however, a long series of specimens in the British 

 Museum which undoubtedly belong to it, and which have 

 been received from S. Africa, Angola, Zomba, and the 

 Transvaal. 



Anoplocwmis gracilicorn is. 



Mictis (/racilicornis, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. p. 42. n. 22 (1865). 

 Melucha aurulenta, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 55. n. 8 (1871). 



Anoplocnemis phasianus. 



Lygceus phasianus, Fabr. Spec. ii. p. 361 (1781). 



Mictis dubia, Dall. loc. cit. p. 389. n. 13 : $ . 



Mictis castanea, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 389. n. 14 (1852) : $ . 



Mictis lata, Dall. loc. cit. p. 390. n. 15 : £ . 



Mictis f err if era, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 24. n. 57 (1871). 



Physomerus mictiformis, Walk. loc. cit. p. 61. n. 8 : §. 



Anoplocnemis signata } sp. n. 



$ . Very dark castaneous, finely ochraceously pilose, espe- 

 cially on the pronotum ; apical third of the scute-Hum ochra- 

 ceous ; antennae with the first, second, and third joints casta- 

 neous, fourth joint ochraceous, with its apical half infuscated; 

 body beneath and legs a little darker in hue, anterior and 

 intermediate tibia? and all the tarsi castaneous ; sternum 

 densely ochraceously pilose, more or less exhibiting distinct 

 lateral ochraceous lines. Abdomen above reddish, with the 

 margins and apex pitchy. 



$ . Slightly paler in hue; abdomen more ochraceously 

 pilose beneath. 



Antenna} pilose, with the first and fourth joints subequal 

 in length, second a little longer than the third ; apex of the 

 second segment of the abdomen in the male produced at 

 centre in a flat oblong process extending about halfway across 

 the third segment. Femora in male strongly incrassated, 

 curved, and distinctly angulated beneath about one third from 

 apex ; tibia} in both sexes compressed, moderately and evenly 

 dilated. 



Long., <$ 16 niillim., ? 17-18 millim. 



Hab. East Africa, Ruwenzori, 6000-8000 feet {Scott 

 Elliot, Brit. Mus.). 



Apparently allied to A. castaneicornis, Stal, from which it 

 differs by the colour of the upper surface of the abdomen, 

 marking of the scutellum, smaller size, &c. 



