G2 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Long. excl. tegm. 16 mm. ; exp. tegm. 53 mm. 



Hab. Uganda; Entebbe (C. C. Goiodey) ; Brit. E. Africa, 

 Yak River, S. edge Kakumga Forest, 4800-5300 ft. {S. A. 

 Neave, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to the South African species P. loahlbergi, Stal. 



Pycna baxteri, sp. n. 



? . Head and pronotum dull ochraceous ; a transverse 

 waved line on front, another on vertex between eyes and 

 enclosing the ocelli, a central fascia to pronotum which is 

 widened anteriorly, medially and posteriorly, the fissures, 

 and narrow lateral and posterior margins, black; mesonotuni 

 castaneous, the posterior area thickly closely greyishly 

 pilose, a central black longitudinal fascia and a black spot 

 near each anterior angle of the basal cruciform elevation ; 

 abdomen above black, a broad subapical transverse greyish- 

 white fascia, the anal appendage dull ochraceous with a 

 black spot on each side, an elongate, central, basal casta- 

 neous spot ; liody beneath and femora ochraceous, central 

 sulcation to face, two basal and two apical spots to clypeus, 

 black ; tibiae and tarsi castaneous, two small black spots on 

 apical segment and linear black markings on abdominal 

 appendage ; tegmina greyish opaque for about basal half, 

 remaining area hyaline, prominently spotted with brownish, 

 two spots near base, crossing costal membrane and radial 

 area, a large spot just beyond apex of radial area, an oblique 

 angulated macular fascia at commencement of hyaline area 

 and extending about half way across tegmen, and a double 

 series of small apical marginal spots ; wings black from 

 base to about middle, remaining area hyaline, a greyish 

 spot at apex of abdominal area ; head including eyes only 

 about two thirds the width of base of mesonotum ; pronotal 

 lateral margins ampliate and angulate, the angular apices 

 only reaching base of basal cell of tegmina ; tegmina with 

 the costal margin prominently arched at base and dilated, 

 broader than costal area ; pronotum posteriorly strongly 

 transversely wrinkled ; rostrum passing the posterior coxae. 



Long. excl. tegm., $ , 30 mm.; exp. tegm. 96 mm. 



Hab. German East Africa; Mamboya (Dr. E. J. Baxter, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Burbling n aterrima, sp. n. 



$ . Body above black ; anterior lateral margins of vertex 

 of head, posterior margin of pronotum, narrow margins of 

 two obscure obcouical spots to mesonotum and cruciform 



