Mr. \V. L. Dislaiit's l!hijnclf)l,il X„les. 



?>i: 



Inisal :ut:i and two ti"aiisv(:r>c lascia; (one near middk* Ijroad 

 and straijiht, the other narrower and curved before apex) 

 purplish hrown ; pronotnni thiekly punctate, strongly cen- 

 trally, longitudinally cai-inate, the lateral processes reeinved, 

 gradually narrowing to ajiiees, wliieh are acute, posterior 

 process al)ove finely serrate, robustly raised at base, and 

 downwardly convexly curved al)ove scutelluni and to a little 

 beyond its apex, and then again recurved to apex, which 

 extends beyond the posterior process of inner tegininal 

 margin. 



Long. 7 nun.; exp. hit. prouot. jjioccss. i mm. 



Hdb. Caineroons [Esca/ri-a, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to P. jiaciis, Sign., but with the posterior pronotal 

 process more slender and with its basal angle more pro- 

 nounced ; lateral pi'onotal processes also more slender and 

 their apices distinctly and regularly acute. 



Plulyhelus yijtidciji^ sp. n. 



Allied to the preceding species P. cscalerunus, Ijut with 

 the lateral pronotid processes considerably more slender and 

 a little more directed backwai'dly ; tegmina ochraceous, with 

 the basal and eostal areas black ; base of posterior pronotal 

 j)rocess more obliquely raised. 



Jjong. 7 mm. ; ex[). lat. [)ronot. process. 4- mm. 



Hub. Uganda : Mabira l''orest (C C Gondeij). 



Platijhehm a/ricainis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, body beneath, and legs black or blackish 

 brown ; disk of pronotum with a slender waved greyish line 

 on each- lateral area and a similarly coloured small linear 

 spot at each basal angle of the scutellum ; tegmina dark 

 ochraceous, i)ase and a spot at posterior angle of inner 

 tegininal mai'gin eastaneous, a very obscure pale transverse 

 macular fascia beyond middle ; pronotum thickly punctate, 

 the lateral processes as in the two preceding species, but 

 ■with their apices less regularly convexly recurved ; the poste- 

 rior process is also more robust and its base more obliquely 

 raised . 



Long. 7; ex|). lat. i)ronot. pnjcess. 4^ mm. 



Hah. Canierouns [Esca/era, Brit. Mvis.). Uganda Prot., 

 Buamba Forest, Semliki \'alley,and Jiudongo Uorest, Unyoro 

 {S. A. Neave). 



Ann. Jj Muo. X. I list. Ser. 8. \ ol. xvii. 



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