Rhyncho ltd Family Lygaeidae. 419 



lateral areas), scutellum, a somewhat broad central trans- 

 verse fascia to coriura, membrane, legs (including tro- 

 chanters and coxae), rostrum, and apical area of abdomen 

 beneath black ; membrane with two white spots, one at basal 

 angle, the other before middle; pronotum broadly con- 

 tracted at anterior area, centrally longitudinally carinate, 

 the lateral margins broadly recurved ; antennae mutilated, 

 but second joint probably longest, remaining joints absent. 



Long. 11^ mm. 



Hub. N. Queensland ; Mossman. 



Oncopeltus niloticus, sp. n. 



Stramineous ; head, antennae, about posterior half of pro- 

 notum, scutellum, central transverse fascia to coriuni, 

 membrane, rostrum, legs, lateral margins (more "or less) of 

 meso- and metasterua, central and lateral spots to fourth 

 abdominal segment, and almost the whole of apical segment 

 black ; a pale greyish spot at base and on disk of membrane ; 

 antennae finely pilose, the second joint longest, fourth very 

 slightly longer than third ; head above moderately convex, 

 smooth, almost impunctate ; pronotum broadly transversely 

 and longitudinally carinate on anterior half, longitudinally 

 extending into the upper half of the basal black area, the 

 basal margin sinuate, the posteriorangles broadly, moderately, 

 posteriorly produced ; scutellum moderately, centrally, longi- 

 tudinally carinate ; veins to corium prominent. 



Long. 7\ mm. 



Hub. Blue Nile (E. S. Crespin). 



Oncopeltus erebus, sp. n. 



Head above, pronotum, and scutellum black, the first with 

 a small testaceous spot at base ; corium black, the basal 

 and apical areas fuscous brown; membrane with a small 

 spot at basal angle and a transverse spot before middle 

 greyish white; head beneath testaceous, the lateral and 

 basal areas fuscous ; sternum and abdominal margins be- 

 neath ochraceous, anterior area of prosternum and basal 

 area of mesosternum testaceous ; an oblique lateral fascia 

 on each side of prosternum, anterior area of mesosternum, 

 nearly the whole of metasternum, abdominal segments 

 (excluding margins), rostrum, and legs black ; antennae 

 mutilated; pronotum with a central longitudinal carination 

 not reaching base and crossed before each extremity with a 

 short transverse carinate line, the basal margin somewhat 



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