324: Mr. W. L. Distant's Rhyri'ihotal Notes. 



coiinexivuin moderately produced on eacli side from about 

 one-third from -base, castaueous ; membrane shining- bronzy, 

 slightly passing abdominal a^Jcx. 



Long., incl. membr., 27 mm.; lat. pronot. angl. 6^ mm. 



J/ab. Uganda Prot.; Buamba Forest, Semliki Valley, 

 2300-2800 feet {S. A. Neave, Brit. Mus.). 



Margasus j^^'onotalis, sp. n. 



Head piceoTis brown ; pronotiim purplisli black, tbe ante- 

 rior lobe and anrerior m;irgin of posterior lobe thickly ochra- 

 ceously pilose ; scutellum, corium, and sternum thickly 

 ochraceously pilose ; antennae, rostrum, legs, and abdomen 

 beneath castaneous ; menibiane shining bronzy brown; an- 

 tenn£e with the first joint about as long as head, pronotum, 

 and scutellura together ; pronotum a little broader between 

 posterior lateral angles than long, posterior lateral angles 

 prominent, subacute, a little directed forwardly, posterior 

 lateral margins oblique, a little sinuate, posterior margin 

 tiuncate, posteiior angles distinctly lobately produced, poste- 

 rior lobe with two distinct discal tubercles; scutellum with 

 the disk tuberculate, the apex not elevated; connexivum 

 castaneous, moderately produced on each side from about 

 one-third from base ; membrane moderately passing abdo- 

 minal apex. 



Long., incl. niembr., 21-26 mm. ; lat. pronot. angl. 

 5-7 mm. 



Ilah. Nyasaland ; Mlanje {S. A. Ntave, Brit. j\lus.). 



Margasus abdominalis, sp. n. 



Head, rostrum, and anteunte castaneous ; pronotum, scu- 

 tellum, and corium thickly ochraceously pilose, the posterior 

 marginal area of the pronotum less so and more castaneous 

 in hue ; membrane shining bronzy ; sternum thickly greyishly 

 or palely ochiaceously pilose ; abdomen beneath ochraceous, 

 in the male concolorous, in the female with the segmental 

 maryhts jyrominentlij blach ; legs castaneous, femora darker 

 than tibiaa, femora with a subapical ochraceous annulation ; 

 antennas with the first joint about as long as head, pronotum, 

 and scutellum together ; pronotum nearly as long as broad, 

 tlie lateral angles acute, a little curved forwardly, posterior 

 lateral margins oblique, posterior margin truncate, very 

 slightly concave, the posterior angles broadly lobately pro- 

 duced, posterior lobe with two distinct discal tubercles; 

 scutellum with the disk tuberculate, the apex not elevated ; 

 connexivum ochraceous, moderately produced from about 



