114 Mr. W. L. Distant on South- African Ilomoptera. 



Mamatola singularis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, body beneath, and legs fuscous, somewhat 

 irrorated with pah' brownish ; femora and anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibise spotted with ochraceous, posterior tibiae pale 

 ocliraceous, speckled with brownish. Abdomen above san- 

 guineous, with its extreme apex fuscous. Tegniina fuscous, 

 irrorated and spotted with cretaceous. Wings sanguineous, 

 with a very broad fuscous outer margin and with a few very 

 small fuscous spots on basal area. 



Long. excl. tegm. 13 millim. ; exp. tegm. 28 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Lydenburg District {coll. Dist.). 



Benamatapa, gen. nov. 



Head broad, with the eyes almost as broad as pronotum, its 

 anterior margin convex, its disk concavely excavate; face 

 long, broad, gradually narrowijig to apex, and strongly trans- 

 versely carinate. Thorax with its anterior margin concave 

 and parallel with the excavation of head ; pronotum with a 

 central carina. Tegmina oblong, inner margin moderately 

 sinuate, apical margin rounded. Wings broad, apical angles 

 rounded and prominent. Legs somewhat flattened ; anterior 

 femora broad, posterior tibiai armed with six strong spines. 



Benaviatapa MarsJiallt, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and body beneath pale fuscous ; legs dark 

 fuscous, anterior and intermediate tibiae broadly annulated 

 with greyish; abdomen above ochraceous, its base black. 

 Tegmina dull ochraceous, spotted and mottled with dark 

 fuscous, a})ical area palest. Wings sanguineous, with a sub- 

 apical greyish-white fascia, apical angle and some discal spots 

 black, posterior margin fuscous. 



Long. excl. tegm. 9 millim.; cxp. tegm. 18 millim. 



IJab. Mashonaland, Salisbury [Guy A. K. Marshall: coll. 

 Dist.). 



Subfam. Euetbhacetdin^. 

 Paropioxys jucunduSj sp. n. 



Head ochraceous ; abdomen testaceous, with tlie abdominal 

 api)cndag(S ochraceous ; thorax above pale greenish. Head 

 with six black spots, situate two (small) in front of each eye 

 and two (larger) near b.isal margin ; pronotum with a trans- 

 verse series of four black spots, the two central ones 

 slightly larger; mesonotum with five black spots. Head 



