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cence, and the four hinder legs more or less blackish above. 

 "Wings iridescent purplish subhyaline. 



Agrees very closely with the description and figure of the 

 Javan E. melanosoma, Sauss., but appears to be distinct. 

 Specimens in the British Museum from Sierra Leone were 

 labelled E. melanosoma by the late F. Smith. The species 

 belongs to the group of E. cethiopica, Sauss. 



Synagria dentata. 



Synaqris dentata, Sauss. Etudes Fam. Vesp. i. p. 80, pi. xiii. fig. 3 

 (1852). 



A common African species. 



Subsection Anthophila. 



Family Apidse. 



Subfamily Meqacsilinje. 



Euaspis ahdominaUs. 



Thynnus ahdominaUs, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 245. n. 3 (1793). 



A single specimen. 



Subfamily Xtlocopinm. 

 Xylocopa imitator. 



Xylocopa imitator, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 351. n. 35 



(1854). 



One specimen. 



Order HEMIPTERA. 

 Suborder Heteroptera. 



Family Scutelleridae. 



Subfamily Arthioptebinje. 



Plataspis punctata. 



Canopus pwictntus, Leach, Bowdich, Mus. Ashantee, App. p. 496 

 (1819) ; Gray, Griffith's Anim. Kingd. xv. p. 233, pi. xcii. fig. 2 

 (1832). 



A very pretty species. 



Brachyplatys pallipes. 

 Cimex pallipes, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 343. n. 26 (1781). 

 One .specimen. 



