154 Mr. W. L. Distant's ninjncliotal Notes. 



areas of sternum ocliraeeonsly tomeutose; body beneath and 

 femora blaekisli, tibiie and tarsi eastaneoiis ; tegraina sbinino^ 

 pale castaneous, extreme base black, immediately followed 

 by an obscure transverse oeliraeeous fascia ; pronotum very 

 coarsely punctate, tlie lateral processes horizontally and a 

 little I'lpwardly produced, centrally carinate, their apices 

 obtuse and very slightly recurved, posterior process somewhat 

 slender, tricarinate, very slightly elevated above the scu- 

 tellum, after which it impinges more or less on the tegmina, 

 its apex subacute and passing the posterior angle of the 

 inner tegniinal margin ; tegmina punctate on the black base. 

 Long. 8-9 mm. : breadth lat, pronot. process. 5-5i mm. 

 Hub. Uganda, near Masindi, 3500 ft.; Eastern Mbale 

 Distr., S. of Mt. Elgon. 3700-3900 ft.; Mpanga Forest, 

 Toro, 400-800 ft. : :Mabiri Forest, Chagwe, 3500-3800 ft. ; 

 Kafu II., near Hoima, Kampala lid,, 3500 ft., between Jinja 

 and Busia, E. Busoga (-S. A. Neave). Entei)be (C. C. Gowdey). 

 TJrit. E. Africa, slopes of Mt. Elgon, 5100-5800 ft. (S. A. 

 Nsave). 



Otinotus recurvus, sp. n. 

 Closely allied to the preceding species in colour and 

 markings, but with the ])ronotal lateral processes broader, 

 more distinctly recurved, and less obliquely elevated; the 

 posterior pronotal process considerably more elevated above 

 the tegmina, which are also paler and more ochraceous in 

 hue. 



Long. 10 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 6 mm. 

 Hob. Uganda ; Entebbe (C'. C Gowdey) ; shores of 

 L. Isolt or AVamala, 3800 ft. {S. A. Neave). 



Oiinotus curvidens, sp. n. 



Allied to the preceding species, O. recurvus^ but with the 

 lateral ])ronotal ])rocesses much more slender, though some- 

 what similarly recurved, but when viewed from the front 

 ajjpearing niucii siiorter and less obliquely raised; scutellum 

 with a white spot at each basal angle and the apex ochra- 

 ceous (these niarking.s, however, are inconstant) ; apical 

 area of posterior pronotal process impinging on tegmina. 



Long. 8-9 mm.; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4^-5 mm. 



Hub. Cameroons {Escalera). Uganda ; Entebbe {Dr. 

 C. A. JViyyins) ; between S.E. shore of L. Kioga and Ka- 

 kindu, 3500 ft. (,S'. A. Neave). 



Centrotus marshalli, sp. n. 

 Ochraceous ; tegmina with two dark suffusions, one at 



