428 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Ccenomoiyha crassa, sp. n. 



Dull brownish ochraceous, thickly covered with piceoii3 

 punctured. Head long, with six longitudinal series of dark 

 punctures ; antennae with the first, second, and third joints 

 dark castaneous, the third obscurely ochraceous at base, fourth 

 and fifth joints piceous, broadly ochraceous at base ; second 

 and fourtii and third and fifth joints subequai in length. 

 Pronoturn with the anterior lateral margins strongly and 

 coarsely dentate, the posterior lateral angles subprominent. 

 Membrane pale brownish, with tlie veins darker. Con- 

 nexivum narrowly margined with ocliraceous, the segmental 

 angles brownish. Body beneatli a little paler than above; 

 a prominent black spot between the anterior and intermediate 

 coxjB ; rostrum with its aj^ical joint piceous and reaching 

 the fourth abdominal segment ; legs castaneous ; femora 

 ochraceous beneath ; tibiaj with an ochraceous annulation. 

 Abdomen with the disk ))alest and profoundly sulcated to the 

 apex of the fifth segment, its lateral margins ochraceous, 

 spotted with piceous at the segmental incisures. 



Long. 21-22 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 11-12 millini. 



Hab. East Africa; Nyasaland, Masuku Mts., 6000-7000 

 feet {A. Whyte). Three specimens (Brit. Mus.). 



Genus Chipatula. 

 Chipatula capitata, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, somewhat thickly and irregularly covered with 

 dark castaneous punctures. Head with six longitudinal series 

 of dark ])uncture3, the lateral margins recurved, especially at 

 apices of the lateral lobes, the frontal margin sinuate and 

 with six obtuse teeth ; antennae castaneous, with the bases of 

 the second, third, fouith, and fifth joints ochraceous, second 

 and fourth and third and fifth joints subequai in length. 

 Pronotum with the lateral margins finely and obtusely serrate 

 and ochraceous, the lateral angles subprominent and with a 

 central longitudinal levigate line, which extends about half 

 across disk. iScutellum with a curve.!, elongate, levigate, 

 ochraceous spot in each basal angle, the extreme aj)ex also 

 ochraceous. Connexivum ochraceous, with coarse brown 

 punctures, its extreme lateral margins ochraceous, darkly 

 maculate at incisures. 31embrane pale brownish, with tlie 

 veins darker. Body beneath as above, but somewhat paler ; 

 a prominent black spot between the anterior and the inter- 

 mediate coxae (in a second specimen this dark colour is 



