270 On the Rliynchotal Family Lygasidffi. 



ochraceous ; corium very obscure ochraceous, thickly black 

 punctate, the lateral margins pale ochraceous, apical margin 

 more distinctly black ; membrane dark fuliginous, some- 

 times with small ochraceous suffusions ; apical area of 

 abdomen above — as seen beyond membrane — black, the 

 apical margin dull ochraceous ; body beneath black, narrow 

 lateral sternal and abdominal margins, very narrow posterior 

 margin of presternum, coxal margins, rostrum and legs, 

 ochraceous; antennas ochraceous, extreme apices of first 

 and second joints, apical third of third joint, and fourth 

 joint, excluding broad basal annulation, black, first joint 

 passing apex of head, second longest, third, and fourth sub- 

 equal in length ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa.-, 

 first joint about reaching or slightly passing base of head ; 

 prosternum thickly, coarsely punctate at base. 



Long. 9-10 mm. 



Hub. Uganda; Mabira Forest, Chagwe, Tero Forest (C. 

 C. Gowdey), Entebbe (C. A. Wiggins), Mpumu (Miss M. 

 Robertson). Katanga (S. A. Neave). 



Genus Gonatas. 



Gonatas, Dist. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rhynch. i. p. 219 (1882) ; Faun. 

 Brit. Ind., Rhynch. ii. p. 89 (1904). 



This genus, originally described from Central America 

 and subsequently received from the Oriental Region, is now 

 also represented by a species from Natal. 



Gonatas natalensis, sp. n. 



Head black ; antennae with the first and second joints 

 stramineous, remaining joints mutilated in type; pronotum 

 with the anterior area black, posterior area ochraceous ; 

 scutellum black ; corium dull greyish white, clavus pale 

 ochraceous ; membrane dull greyish white ; body beneath 

 black ; rostrum and legs pale ochraceous, apical abdominal 

 segment castaueous ; head including eyes scarcely narrower 

 than anterior margin of pronotum, which is distinctly 

 strongly darkly punctate on the pale posterior area, its 

 lateral margins moderately anipliated and slightly sinuate 

 at the junction of the anterior and posterior areas, its 

 posterior margin distinctly moderately concave ; scutellum 

 longer than broad, moderately elevated, and distinctly f oveate 

 on the basal area, basal and lateral margins punctate ; 

 membrane reaching the abdominal apex. 



Long. 5J mm. 



Hab. Natal; Durban (Bell- Mar ley). 



