468 Mr. W. L. Distant on Ethiopian Heteroptera. 



Pi/sttala dudgeoni, sp. u. 



Head, pronotiim, corium, and membrane black, extreme 

 base of corium and a small spot near its middle sanguineous ; 

 body beneath and legs fuscous brown, subapical annulations 

 to femora, apical halves of (ibise, and the whole of the tarsi 

 ])aler in hue ; connexivum ocliraceous, with segmental quad- 

 rate black spots, posterior lobe of pronotum with two spines, 

 one on each lateral area, the lateral angles also strongly 

 spinous, anterior pronotal lobe with six prominent spines — 

 three on each lateral area ; scutellum with long and robustly- 

 curved spines — one apical and one on each lateral margin; 

 corium with four sublateral but no inner spines ; connexiviiiu 

 with some spines at the segmental angles. 



Long. 39 mm. 



Hab. W. Africa ; Gold Coast, Volta River (Dr. Dudgeon). 



Platymeeis. 



Platijmeris, Lap. Ess. H6m. p. 80 (1832) ; StSl (part.), Hem. Afr. iii. 

 p. 124 (1865). 



" Thoracis lobo antico spinis longis destitute ; hemelytris margineque 

 abdominis inermibus." 



Tj'pe, P. [Reduvius) biguttata, Fabi. 



Platymeris IcevicolUs, sp. n. 



Black ; a prominent spot near middle of corium and annu- 

 lations to femora sanguineous, apices of tibise and the tarsi 

 more or less reddish ochraceous ; antennee with the basal 

 joint black, remaining joints obscure dark ochraceous. 



Long. 35-38 mm. 



Hab. Nortii Nyasa (Farler) ; Zanzibar {Dr, W. M. Aders) ; 

 East Africa (German), Mpuapua. 



Allied to P. rJiadamanthus, Gerst., from which it differs 

 by the smoother and much less rugosely striated anterior 

 lobe of the pronotum. 



Platymeris swirei, sp. n. 



Black, head and pronotum glossy black ; head before eyes, 

 rostrum, legs, and connexivum lerruginous ; a large pale 

 greyish spot on disk of corium ; antennye ferruginous, basal 

 joint about as long as from apex of head to eyes ; head and 

 rostrum distinctly longly pilose ; pronotum sparingly longly 

 pilose, the posterior angles distinctly spinous and moderately 



