Rhynchotal Family Lygaeidae. 42)5 



Graptostethus electus, sp. n. 



Sanguineous ; head with apex of central lobe and a basal 

 spot contiguous to eyes, pronotum with a broad, anterior, 

 transverse fascia connected with two broad, longitudinal, 

 sublateral fasciae reaching base, basal margin of scutellum ; 

 clavus connected with a small outer longitudinal spot at 

 base and with a transverse fascia at its apex, which is con- 

 tinued along lateral margin of corium to apex black ; 

 antennae, rostrum, sternum (excluding lateral margins), legs, 

 and apex of abdomen beneath black ; anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora (excluding bases) sanguineous ; antennae 

 with the second, third, and fourth joints almost subequal in 

 length, second slightly the longest ; pronotum distinctly, 

 centrally, longitudinally carinate on about posterior two- 

 thirds; scutellum transversely rugosely carinate at base, 

 thenee*more finely longitudinally carinate to apex; corium 

 with the veins moderately prominent; membrane greyish 

 white, black at base, distinctly passing abdominal apex; 

 rostrum reaching posterior coxae. 



Long. 9-10 mm. 



Hab. Brit. East Africa ; Voi, 1800 ft., Simba, 3350 ft., 

 West Slopes of Kenya, on Meru Nyeri Rd. (S. A. Neave). 

 30 miles from Magadi June. {F. G. Hamilton). Nairobi 

 {Dr. A. D. Milne). 



Graptostethus grandis. 



Graptostethus grandis, Dist. Ann. & Mag". Nat. Hist. (7) vii. p. 537 

 (1901). 



This species proves to be of a slightly variable character ; 

 the scutellum is in some specimens totally black and the 

 outer margins of clavus also of that colour. The abdomen 

 beneath in some varieties is almost wholly black. 



Hab. Nyasaland, Fort Johnson {P. Rendall) ; Mlanje 

 (S. A. Neave). Congo Free State, Kambove, Katanga 

 (S. A. Neave). Uganda, Entebbe, and Buamba Forest, 

 Semliki Valley (8. A. Neave). 



Graptostethus rufus, sp. n. 



Reddish ochraceous ; apex of head, anterior margin and 

 two small spots on anterior area of pronotum, basal margin 

 of scutellum, membrane black ; body beneath, legs, rostrum, 

 and antennae black ; lateral margins of head, sternum, and 

 abdomen reddish ochraceous ; sternal segmental transverse 

 margins and coxal spots greyish white; abdomen beneath 



