486 Mr. W. L. Distant oh the 



be a Cameroons representative, this mouse is distinguishable 

 by its larger skull and darker coloration, in which latter it 

 nearly resembles the common Cameroons L, setulosa/m whose 

 company it was captured, and for whose young it might 

 readily be mistaken. 



LTI. — Contributions to a further Knowledge of the Rhynchuial 

 Family Lygseidse. By W. L. Distant. 



[Continued from p. 270.] 



Astacops tigrinus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and corium pale ochraccons • 

 antennae black, basal joint ochraceous ; apices of the stylatcd 

 eyes black ; boJy beneath pale ochraceous with prominent 

 transverse, somewhat broad, black fasciae, the must promi- 

 nent bet g at the anterior margins of the mesu- and 

 metastetna, and ai the posterior. margins of the abdominal 

 segments, there is also a small black spot on each side of the 

 anterior marginal area of the presternum and a central black 

 longitudinal fascia on the apical abdominal segment; legs 

 black, anterior and intermediate femora (excluding bases), 

 apical third of posterior femora, and extreme bases of tibiae 

 ochraceous; tarsi mostly black; antennas with the second 

 and fourth joints subequal in length, each a little longer 

 than third; scute'lum transversely subcunvex on basal area, 

 centrally thence to apex strongly carinate ; membrane black, 

 -apical margin pale and passing the abdominal apex. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Hab. Philippine Islands; Mindoro Island, Baco River 

 (J. J. Mounsey). 



Scopia-tes nigripes. 



Scopiastes nigripes,D\st. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vii. p. r>33 (1901). 

 Astacops melainpus, Bergf. Phil. Jtiurn. Sci. siii. p. 07 (J 018). 



Hab. Queensland. 



Macropes simoni, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black ; 

 antennas piceous, apical joint black; hemelytra pale creamy 

 yellow, clavus brown, vein outside clavus also brown, nearly 



