].')(') Mr. W . L. Disfant's R/ii/nchotal yotcs. 



and stroiiply ochraceously pilose, lateral areas of steninm 

 dull oehraeeously tomentose; alidonien beneath blaekisli ; 

 teijniina brownish oehraeeons nineh suffused with pieeous 

 bri)\vn, especially at base and on costal :n)(l snl)costHl areas ; 

 pronotutn with the frontal area oblicpicly convex, the lateral 

 processes somewhat short, moderately reenrved, and apieally 

 bent downwardly, broad at base, subacute at apices, the 

 })Osterior process very strongly sinuous, strongly elevated 

 above seutellum, and roundly depressed and touching 

 tcgmina near its base, afterwards broadly concave before 

 ])osterior angle of inner tegniinal margin, and again de- 

 ])ressed and becoming subacute at apex, which nearly reaches 

 tegminal apex. 



Long. 8 mm.; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4^ mm. 



Ha/). Nyasaland. 



A distinctive character of this species is found in the 

 peculiar structure of the pronotal lateral processes. 



Barsumas, gen. nov. 



Pronotura with the disk a little rounded in front between 

 the lateral processes, which are short, broad, a little upwardly 

 raised, their apices suddenly narrowed, acute, and a little 

 recurved, the posterior process very strongly sinuous, at base 

 strongly convcxiy raised above the seutellum, at the extre- 

 mity of which it touches the tegmina, then again convexly 

 raised and broadened but still adjacent to the tegmina, its 

 apex suddenly attenuate and acute and passing the posterior 

 angle of tiie inner tegminal margin, the whole of its surface 

 shortly spinous above ; tegmina closely wrinkled, with the 

 venation very prominent. 



This genus is allied to Platydelus, Stal. 



Barsumas primus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, body beneath, and legs testaceous or 

 castaneous ; tegmina subhyaline, wrinkled, the prominent 

 veins pale oehraeeons, the base, some irregular scattered 

 'markings, and extreme apical margin castaneous; pronotum 

 with the disk strongly centrally earinate, paler in hue at and 

 rear the lateral processes, which have their margins serrate, 

 the acute narrowed apices darker in hue, the posterior 

 sinuated process with its upper surface strongly serrate, 

 its apical area finely tuberculate, its extreme apex flavous, 

 lateral margins behind the bases of the lateral processes 

 greyish white; face strongly pilose. 



Long. 5 mm. ; breadth lat. pronot, process. 3 nam. 



