352 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Subfara. Alybinm. 

 Mirperus nigrofasciatus, sp. n. 



Ocliraceous, coarsely punctate; a lateral fascia on eacli 

 side of head, two discal longitudinal fasciae to pronotum 

 (not reaching anterior margin), a large central spot and 

 narrow sublateral fascia to mesonotum, two longitudinal fascial 

 to abdomen and between them on basal area two narrower 

 and ill-defined fasciae, black ; legs piceous, with ocliraceous 

 suffusions ; coriurn with the punctures thickly black towards 

 apical area and the lateral margins stramineous ; membrane 

 pale piceous, its apical margin pale hyaline ; antennae with 

 the first, second, and third joints brownish ocliraceous, fourth 

 joint mutilated, first and second joints subequal in length, 

 third longest ; rostrum piceous above and reaching inter- 

 mediate coxae ; the punctuation very coarse and strong on 

 pronotum, more finely punctate on scutellum and corium ; 

 head finely granulate ; posterior femora in male incrassate 

 and spined beneath, two subapical spines longest; posterior 

 tibiae strongly curved, almost as long as femora. 



Long. 9i mm. 



Mirperus robustus, sp. n. 



Dull ocliraceous, darkly punctate ; head and anterior area 

 of pronotum thickly greyishly pilose; membrane greyish 

 brown, with scattered small piceous spots ; head beneath, 

 disk of sternum and two oblique fasciae on its apical areas, 

 a central and a waved fascia on each side of abdomen beneath, 

 apex of rostrum, and the femora black ; an oblique line and 

 a small basal spot on each side of head beneath, tibiae, and 

 antennae dull ocliraceous ; annulations to anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibia?, bases and apices of posterior tibiae, and apices 

 of tarsi black ; basal joint of antennae shorter than head, 

 about equal in length to second joint ; rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxae; connexivum ocliraceous, spotted with 

 black. 



Long. 9 mm. 



Fam. Lygseidae. 



Division Orsillaria. 



Nysius rubromaculatus, sp. n. 



Head, anterior area of pronotum, and scutellum testaceous, 

 pronotum (excluding anterior area) ocliraceous ; a spot on 



