420 Mr. W. L. Distant on the 



strongly concave, the lateral angles broadly posteriorly pro- 

 duced ; scutellum moderately convex and centrally carinate ; 

 lateral margins of bead, pronotum and corium, and the legs 

 distinctly pilose ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae. 



Length 14 mm. 



Hah. Brit. E. Africa ; Ngarenarok, Masai Reserve (Capt. 

 A. 0. Luckman). 



Microspilus sterncdls, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum testaceous, the discal area of the 

 latter more ochraceous ; scutellum and corium testaceous, 

 the latter with a transverse black fascia behind middle; 

 membrane dark indigo-blue with the veins black, a pale 

 fuscous spot at basal angle and another on basal margin, a 

 small transverse spot on disk of basal area, and narrow apical 

 margin greyish white; body beneath testaceous red, the 

 central areas of the sternal segments dull greyish ; apex of 

 abdomen and the legs black ; femora (excluding bases and 

 apices) testaceous red ; antennae mutilated ; pronotum with 

 the lateral margins sublaminate, convex, and moderately 

 upturned ; scutellum broadly, coarsely, transversely carinate 

 near base and thence centrally much more narrowly longi- 

 tudinally carinate to apex ; veins to corium very prominent ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae. 



Long. 16 mm. 



J lab. Madagascar. 



Lygceus lagosensis, sp. n. 



Reddish testaceous ; antennas, extreme apex of head, narrow 

 anterior margin of pronotum from which emerge two angu- 

 latcd lines barely extending to middle, and narrow posterior 

 margin from which emerge two short angular projections, 

 basal margin of scutellum, membrane, antenna?, rostrum, 

 legs, sternal segmental margins, and apical abdominal seg- 

 ment black or blackish; antenna?, somewhat robust, second 

 joint longest; scutellum robustly, globosely, transversely 

 carinate at basal margin and then robustly, broadly, longi- 

 tudinally carinate to apex; veins to corium very robust ; 

 rostrum about reaching posterior coxae. 



Length 13 mm. 



Hub. Lagos (Hinterland) (/. TV. Rowland) 



Allied to L.furcatus, Fain-. 



