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shorter than third, fourth and fifth a little longer and sub- 

 equal in lonp^th ; prouotum finely wrinkled and somewhat 

 coarsi'ly pnnetute ; scutclluni finely tran.sversely wrinkled 

 and |)unetate, the apex almost impunctate ; eoriiini coarsely 

 punelate, exeej)tin;^ the sanj^uineous niarkinj^s which are 

 levigate; membrane passing the abdominal apex; rustrtun 

 slightly passing the posterior coxaj. 



Long. () n)ni. 



Ilnb. South Africa ; Prieska (S. Afr. Mus.). 



Allied to A. vurieyatu^ Thunb., but asmallcr and narrower 

 species ; markings very distinct. 



Geuus Dalsira. 

 Dnlnm, Amy. & Serv. Hist. lUxa. p. 175 (1843). 

 Type, D. marginata, Amy. & Serv. 



Dalsira atricostata, sp. n. 



Oehraeoous ; coriura more or less sparsely finely spotted 

 with black, the costal margin prominently shining jet-black, 

 which is also seen beneath at the lateral margins of the 

 sternum ; head about as broad as long, anteriorly somewhat 

 concave, the lateral lobes finely rugulosc, sometimes but not 

 always with a iaw very small scattered black spots ; antennae 

 ochraceous, first joint not reaching apex of head, second 

 much longer thau third or fourth, which are siibequal ia 

 length, fifth joint longest ; prouotum with the posterior 

 area very strongly transversely rugose, these rugose lines 

 more or less concavely waved, the anterior half more 

 obscurely transversely rugose, near the anttjrior margin only 

 punctate and with a few very small black spots, the lateral 

 margins finely denticulate, the lateral angles subtruncately 

 prominent; scutellnm with a few scattered very small l)lack 

 spots, the basal half prominently transversely rugose, the 

 posterior half obsolctcly so, and these with its lateral margins 

 and apex jjunctatc ; corium thickly obscurely finely punctate, 

 the jet-black costal margins strongly crenulate ; meuibrane 

 pale greyish ochraceous, with scattered minute piceous spots; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous ; head beneath, sternum, 

 and abdomen w ith minute scattered black spots ; legs un- 

 spotted ; rostrum with a central line and the apices of the 

 joints piceous. 



Long. 20 to 21 mm. 



Hab. Uganda {Scott Elliot, Hrit. Mus.) ; Ruweuzori 

 {Scott Klliot, Brit. Mus.). 



In shape and structure allied to D. plicutu, Reiche & 



