Mr. \\ . L. Distant o/j African PeiitatomiiUu. 217 



clon«>;atr, ul)Out one and a third times as \o\\'^ as brcadlli at 

 base, proniiiicntly altciiuati'd frotn a little beyond middle ; 

 coriuin narrow and elonjrate, abont three times as lonj; as 

 broad ; nu-mbraiu* loiigitndinally somewjiiit furcatcly veined ; 

 lej^s somewhat robust; libi;e snh-ate. 



Maywainba jjur/juiascens, sp. n. 



Body and lcj;s purplish red; membrane grcu-h white; 

 antenna' pnrpli>h red, tilth joint and apical halt' of I'ourth 

 paler ; head and anterior half of pronotum (in fresh and 

 nnrubbed speeimens) more or less greyishly pubeseent; head 

 with the lateral lobes obliquely irreji;ularly striate, eentral 

 lobe somewhat thickly punctate; pronotum finely trans- 

 versely wrinkled and punctate, the lateral areas obliquely or 

 transversely obscuicly striate; sentellum finely wrinkled 

 and punctate ; corium thickly, finely punctate, membrane 

 greyish white, with a few small piceous spots; other 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 17 to lU^ mm. 



JIa/j. N.E. Khodesia ; Screnje District, Congo Free State, 

 AV. of Kambove, 8500 to 4500 feet {Neavc, 15rit. Mus.) ; 

 Ovanipo Land (Coll. Uist.). 



Geuus Gelli.a. 

 6V///rt, SiSl, Horn. Afr. i. p. 243 (18G4). 

 Type, (j. albivittis, Germ. 



Gcllia bicolorata, sp. n. 



Head, antcnn;e,scutellum, and corium leddisli testaceous; 

 ])ronolum black, the inner margin of the produced apical 

 angles narrowly pale, the basal margin more or less reddish 

 ochraceous ; membrane pale, siibh\ahne ; head broad, con- 

 cave, a little broader near a])ex than at base ; antennie w ith 

 the first joint longer than either second, third, or fourth, 

 but shorter than fifth, second slightly shorter than third 

 which is slightly shoiter than fourth; pronotum with the 

 lateral angles about reaching middle of head, their apices 

 obtusely subacute, the whole of ihe lateral areas including 

 apices rugulose, a moderately distinct transverse ridge be- 

 tween the humeral angles, the whole disk finely transversely 

 rugidose; seutellum finely transversely rugulose; corium 

 somewhat thickly finely |)unctate ; head l)eneath reddish 

 testaceous : sternum and abdomen beneath ochraceous; pro- 

 sternum with the lateral areas black, finely transversely 



