150 CATALOGUE OF 



30. Plociomerus afer, 

 Plociomera afra, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 160. 

 Caffraria. 



31. Plociomerus Capucinus. 

 Plociomera Capucina, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 160. 

 Bombon. 



32. Plociomerus triguttatus. 



Plociomerus triguttatus, Guer., A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 951 — Heraeus 

 triguttatus, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 31o. 



Madagascar. 



33. Plociomerus Seychelles us. 



Testaceus, lonyi-elliplicus ; caput, prothorax antice, scutellum, pectus el 

 abdomen nigra ; rostrum teslaceum ; antenna teslacea, corpore multo 

 breviores, articulo 4o piceo ; prolhoracis sulcus transversus posticus; 

 membrana diaphuna. 



Testaceous, shining:, elongate-elliptical, very finely punctured. Head, 

 prothorax from the fore border to the transverse furrow, scutellum, 

 abdomen and under side black. Head conical. Eyes piceous, not promi- 

 nent. Rostrum and antennae testaceous. Antennae slender, much 

 shorter than the body; first joint much shorter than the head; second 

 much longer than the first; third shorter than the second; fourth piceous, 

 nearly as long as the second. Prothorax elongate, narrower in front, with 

 a transverse furrow near the hind border. Scutellum testaceous on each 

 side and at the tip. Legs testaceous, slender; fore femora slightly 

 incrassated. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; membraue and 

 hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 3 — 3^ lines. 



Closely allied to P. Nabiformis, but without the black dot of the 

 corium in the latter. 



a. b. Seychelles. Presented by Prof. Percival Wright. 



34. Plociomerus reductus. 



Mas. Niger, longi-fusiformis ; rostrum coxas anticas paullo superans ; 

 anlennm testacea;, corpore breviores, articulo Ao nigro ; protkoracis 

 sulcus transversus rncdius valde ditmninalus ; pedes trstacei,fe»toribus 

 anticis )iigiis apice teslaccis ; corium teslaceum, nigro unislrigatum ; 

 membrana diaphuna. Var. /3. — Prothorax postice teslaceus. 



Male. Black, elongate-fusiform, shining, very finely punctured. 

 Head short-conical. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum extending a little 

 beyond the fore coxa?. Antenna; testaceous, slender, filiform, somewhat 

 shorter than the body; first joint much shorter than the head; second 

 about twice the length of the first; third much shorter than lbs second; 

 fou i lb black, longer than the third, shorter than the second. Prothorax 

 much narrower in front, with a strongly-marked transverse middle furrow. 



