220 ]\[r. \y. L. Distant on African PentatomiJje. 



transverse line between the luimcral angles, in front of which 

 half the sniface is transversely rngulose^ the other anterior 

 half somewhat finely pnnctate, lateral margins denticu- 

 late, lateral angles strongly robustly subangularly produced, 

 sliglitly directed forwardly, posterior area reticulately 

 rngulose ; scutdlum transversely rugnlose ; corium thickly 

 finely punctate ; sternum sparingly punctate, disk of abdomen 

 impunctate. 



Long. 17 mm. 



J/ab. Ovanipo Land. 



Gonopsis lineata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous ; pronotum 

 with a transverse fascia between the hnmeral angles and 

 extending to their ajnees, black (in some specimens the 

 fascia is more or less obsolete) ; corium brownish ochraceous ; 

 membrane greyish subhyaline, but reflecting the ochraceous 

 abdomen beneath ; conuexivum stramineous, inwardly mar- 

 gined by a black line ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, 

 tinely darkly punctate ; abdomen beneath with a central 

 longitudinal levigate central fascia; head with the lateral 

 margins nearly straight, scarcely perceptibly sinuate before 

 the eyes, apices of lateral lobes only separated at apices 

 which are subacute ; antennae reddish testaceous, second and 

 third joints subcqual in length, second almost reaching apex 

 of head ; pronotum with the lateral angles straightly trans- 

 versely subacutely produced, the lateral margins denticulate, 

 the whole surface more or less finely darkly punctate, and 

 the anterior area distinctly transversely rugnlose; scutellum 

 transversely rugnlose, somewhat darkly punctate on the 

 lateral margins ; corium thickly finely punctate ; membrane 

 not reaching apex of abdomen ; sternum distinctly darkly 

 punctate. 



Long. 15 to 17 mm. 



Hub. Southern Congo Region. 



Genus Cvclopelta. 

 Ci/clopeha, Amy. & Serw Hist. Hem. p. 172 (1843). 



Type, C. obscura^ Lepel. & Scrv. 



Cijclopelta abyssinica, sp. n. 



Black ; base of first joint of anteini» and the legs casta- 

 ncous, tarsi black ; antennae robust, second joint twice as 

 long as third, a little longer than fourth ; head, pronotum. 



