490 Mr. W. L. Distant'* Rhynchotal Notes. 



greyish white, their basal areas black, a narrow transverse 

 fuscous fascia before apex -and the extreme apical margin 

 palely of the same colour ; lateral areas of sternum greyishly 

 tomentose ; pronotum thickly punctate, sparingly shortly 

 pilose, the lateral angles subprominent, the posterior process 

 broad, robust, its apex subacute and reaching the posterior 

 angle of the inner tegminal margin ; basal tegminal dark area 

 punctate. 



Long. 3 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 mm. 



Ilab. W. Africa; Addah, Gold Coast (H. T. Palmer, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



A short, broad, and very robust species. 



Gargara fraterna, sp. n. 



Pronotum and legs pale chestnut-brown ; face black, 

 thickly, finely, palely pilose ; tegmina pale chestnut-brown 

 with pale greyish suffusions, principally appearing as a 

 transverse fascia near base and small elongate spots on apical 

 aren, the apical margin also distinctly paler ; body beneath 

 greyishly pilose, a greyish-white spot at each basal angle of 

 the posterior pronotal process ; pronotum thickly finely punc- 

 tate and obscurely pilose, the lateral angles subprominent, 

 with a strong percurrent central longitudinal ridge, posterior 

 pronolal \ rocess broad and robust, distinctly centrally con- 

 cavely sinuate, its apex black, subacute, and recurved down- 

 wardly, slightly passing the posterior angle of the inner 

 tegminal margin. 



Long. 3 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 mm. 



Hab. W. Africa ; Addah, Gold Coast (H. T. Palmer, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to the preceding species, but, apart from its different 

 colour and markings, the posterior pronotal process is a little 

 longer and more concavely sinuate. 



Gargara perpolila, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and legs black; tegmina greyish white, 

 about basal fourth black and apical third purplish black ; 

 abdomen beneath greyish white, with the segmental margins 

 black ; pronotum thickly, somewhat coarsely punctate, 

 centralty, percurrently, longitudinally ridged, the lateral 

 angles subprominent, the posterior pronotal process broad, 

 robust, almost straight above, the apex subacute, a little 

 recurved and distinctly passing the posterior angle of the 

 inner tegminal margin. 



Long. 3-4 mm.; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2^-3 mm. 



