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basal angle and a very large central, basal, bluish-black spot 

 continued as a narrow, central, levigate fascia to apex, which 

 is of the same colour. ( lorium pale reddish, claval and 

 lateral margins (the last not extending to apex) with a broken 

 connecting fascia on apical area bluish green. Membrane 

 aeneous, with its apex paler. Body beneath red, thickly and 

 coarsely punctate; legs, rostrum, posterior margins of abdo- 

 minal segments, margins of sternal segments, and a large 

 central spot on mesosternum bluish black. Ventral spine 

 pale ochraceous. 



Long. 13 millim. 



Hab. Mashonaland, near Salisbury (G. A.K. Marshall). 



Subfam. Tessaratomin&. 



Natalicola pallidas, Westw. 

 Malabama athiops, gen. et sp. u. 



Malabama, gen. nov. 



Head concave, subfoliaceous, the lateral lobes recurved, 

 directed upward, much longer than central lobe, and united 

 in front of same ; ocelli a little nearer to eyes than to each 

 other. Kostrum short, reaching the anterior coxae. Antennas 

 short ; basal joint about reaching apex of the head ; second 

 joint short, not clearly separated from third. Pronotum with 

 the posterior angles obtusely rounded, the lateral margins 

 obsoletely serrated. Scutellum, membrane, sulcated prester- 

 num, carinated mesosternum, and metasternal keel einar- 

 ginate behind for reception of ventral spine as in Haplostema. 



This genus is allied to Haplostema, Stal (Aplostema, 

 Westw.), from which it differs by the concave head and the 

 non-attenuated body posteriorly, thus somewhat, and in that 

 respect superficially, having a resemblance to Pycanum. 



Malabama athiops, sp. n. 



Head, antenna?, pronotum, scutellum, membrane, connexi- 

 vnni, body beneath, rostrum, and legs pale ochraceous. 

 Corium pale greenish ochraceous. Extreme lateral edges of 

 head, pronotum, and base of corium black. Lateral margins 

 of meso- and metasternum pale luteous. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, connexivum, and body beneath 

 very finely rugulose and punctate ; corium very finely and 

 indistinctly tessellate. 



Long. 25 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 14 millim. 



Hab. Mashonaland, near Salisbury (G. A. K. Marshall). 

 Ann. & May. 2\. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. ii. 22 



