﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant'^ 
  Rhijnchotal 
  Notes. 
  Ill 
  

  

  ugandensis, 
  var. 
  n. 
  

  

  Reserablino; 
  var. 
  uniformis, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  transverse, 
  sub- 
  

  

  • 
  • 
  11 
  

  

  apical, 
  angulated, 
  ocliraceous 
  or 
  testaceous 
  tascia 
  to 
  scufcellum, 
  

  

  whicli 
  ill 
  some 
  exain[)li'S 
  possesses 
  a 
  spot 
  o£ 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  

  

  at 
  each 
  anterior 
  angle. 
  

  

  IJab. 
  Uganda 
  ; 
  Entebbe 
  (C. 
  A, 
  Wiggins) 
  ; 
  S. 
  of 
  L'ike 
  

  

  George, 
  3200-3400 
  it,, 
  Buamba 
  Forest, 
  Semliki 
  Valley, 
  

  

  2300-2800 
  £t., 
  Budongo 
  Forest, 
  Unyoro, 
  3400 
  ft. 
  {S. 
  A. 
  

  

  Neave) 
  ; 
  Semliki 
  Forest, 
  3000 
  ft. 
  [Capt. 
  J. 
  Fniser), 
  

  

  Fam. 
  CoreidaB. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Serinetha. 
  

  

  Serinetha, 
  Spin. 
  Es3. 
  p. 
  247 
  (1837). 
  

  

  Tlie 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  this 
  genus 
  contained 
  

   in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  has 
  been 
  largely- 
  

   augmented 
  by 
  the 
  material 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  colh.'ctors 
  

   enlisted 
  by 
  the 
  " 
  Entomological 
  Research 
  Committee," 
  and 
  

   opportunity 
  has 
  thus 
  occurred 
  for 
  describing 
  some 
  species 
  

   and 
  removing 
  errors 
  which 
  have 
  appertained 
  to 
  the 
  identifi- 
  

   cations 
  of 
  others. 
  

  

  Serinetha 
  fraterna, 
  

  

  Pyrrhotes 
  fraterna, 
  Westw. 
  in 
  Hope, 
  Cat. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  26 
  (1842). 
  

   Serinetha 
  fraterna, 
  Dist. 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  1901, 
  vol. 
  i. 
  p. 
  332, 
  

   pi. 
  XXX. 
  fig. 
  6. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is, 
  as 
  I 
  stated 
  (.s?/j97'a), 
  "without 
  

   legs, 
  antennae, 
  or 
  habitat." 
  The 
  British 
  Museum 
  possesses 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  Cape 
  Town 
  {Mowbray) 
  and 
  Natal, 
  Durban 
  

   {Barnard). 
  Schouteden 
  has 
  recorded 
  the 
  species 
  as 
  from 
  the 
  

   Congo 
  region. 
  

  

  Serinetha 
  mutilata. 
  

  

  Astacops 
  mutilatua, 
  Gerst. 
  Decken's 
  Reise, 
  Ins. 
  p. 
  412, 
  pi. 
  xvii. 
  fig. 
  3 
  

   (1873). 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Brit. 
  E. 
  Africa, 
  Mtito 
  Andei, 
  and 
  Lnalaba 
  River 
  

   {S. 
  A. 
  Neave); 
  Uganda, 
  Entebbe 
  [S. 
  A. 
  Neavt). 
  Tlie 
  

   Brit. 
  Mus. 
  also 
  possesses 
  specimens 
  from 
  Natal, 
  Transvaal, 
  

   and 
  Mashonaland. 
  The 
  type 
  was 
  from 
  Mombas. 
  

  

  The 
  colour 
  varies 
  from 
  testaceous 
  to 
  dull 
  ocliraceous. 
  The 
  

   species 
  is 
  readily 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  proiiinent 
  longitu- 
  

   dinal 
  ridge 
  to 
  the 
  pronutum 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  distinct 
  black 
  lateral 
  

   margin 
  to 
  the 
  corium. 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  May. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  xiii. 
  12 
  

  

  