262 Mr. W. L. Distant on the 



Lachnophoroides mdolfianus, sp. n. 



Head and anterior lobe of pronotum dull, dark ocliraceous, 

 posterior pronotal lobe paler ochraceous with darker punc- 

 tures in somewhat transverse series and with three central 

 longitudinal darker series, lateral margins broadly and basal 

 margin narrowly pale ochraceous, a black spot near each 

 basal angle ; scutellum ochraceous, darkly punctate, a large 

 castaneous spot at base and two linear black spots on apical 

 area ; corium very pale ochraceous, more or less darkly 

 punctate, clavus with a black and greyish spot at base, 

 beyond middle of corium a broad transverse dark castaneous 

 fascia and the apical margin narrowly and irregularly of the 

 same colour ; membrane pale shining ocliraceous ; head 

 beneath and sternum piceous ; abdomen beneath dull dark 

 testaceous ; legs and rostrum ochraceous ; anfennse ochra- 

 ceous, apices of the second and third joints and apical half 

 of the fourth black, second joint a little longest, third and 

 fourth joints subequal in length ; anterior femora robust, 

 strongly spined beneath near apex, anterior tibise.in <$ strongly 

 curved, and with a prominent spine beneath near middle. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hab. Soudan; Kaig (Lake Rudolph Exped. — C. Singer). 



Aphanus littoralis, sp. n. 



Head black or very dark castaneous, eyes griseo-fuscous ; 

 antenna? dull ochraceous, apices of first, second, and third 

 joints more or less fuscous, fourth joint dark fuscous with a 

 broad subbasal greyish annulation ; pronotum ochraceous, 

 prominently brownly punctate, the lateral margins almost 

 impunctate, anterior half (excluding margins) dark casta- 

 neous and almost impunctate, with a small central pale 

 ochraceous spot at anterior margin ; scutellum ochraceous, 

 prominently brownly punctate, the basal area black; corium 

 ochraceous, rather finely brownlv punctate, extreme lateral 

 margins almost impunctate ; membrane brownish ochra- 

 ceous with somewhat paler mottlings ; body beneath casta- 

 neous, the lateral margins, posterior sternal segmental 

 margins, rostrum, and legs ochraceous, the lateral abdominal 

 margin with large castaneous spots ; second, third, and 

 fourth joints of antennae gradually decreasing in length, 

 the second a little longest ; first joint of rostrum about 

 reaching base of head; membrane about reaching abdo- 

 minaLapex ; pronotum with a more or less distinct central 



