222 ^Ir. AV. L. Distant on Dinidorinse, 



Aspongopus JiffUnuSf sp. n. 



Testaceous, somewhat paler beneath ; apical joint of the 

 antennjB luteous. 



Antennae with the second joint minute, third not quite twice 

 the lenjxth of fourtli and subequal to fiftli, third and fourth 

 joints flattened and sulcate. Head with tiie lateral lobes 

 convex at their apices, between which the anterior margin is 

 distinctly cleft ; the lateral margins sinuate. Pronotum with 

 tiie lateral margins convex and slightly reflexed, its surface 

 finely punctate and obscurely rugulose, especially near base. 

 Scutellum transversely wrinkled and finely punctate. Corium 

 obscurely wrinkled and finely punctate. Membrane dark 

 ochraceous. Coxa? and disk of abdomen ochraceous. 



Long. 17-18 raillim.; exp. pronot. angl. 10-11 millim. ; 

 max. abd. lat. 12-12^ millim. 



Hah. E. Africa : Livingstonia [Simons, Coll. Dist.) ; 

 Nyasaland ; Fort Johnston (P. Rendall, Coll. Dist.), 



Allied by structure to the group of species having the 

 second joint of the antennae minute, viz. A. j^ftfruelis, Stal, 

 A. cyclopeltus^ Dist., and A. binotatus, Dist. 



Aspongopus singhalanus, sp. n. 



Bronzy brown ; antenna?, eyes, rostrum, and legs j^iceous ; 

 apical joint of antennse, base of rostrum, and the tarsi 

 ochraceous. 



Antennse thick ; the second, third, and fourth joints deeply 

 sulcate ; second and third joints subequal in length or third 

 a little longer than second ; fourth and fifth joints subequal, 

 fiftli joint narrowest and cylindrical. Body above finely 

 rugulose and punctate ; abdomen above reddish. Rostrum 

 reaching about halfway between the anterior and intermediate 

 coxse. 



Long. 18 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 10 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon [Green, Brit. Mus. and Coll. Kirkaldy ; Lewis, 

 Coll. Dist.). 



Allied to A. hrunneus, Ihunb., and A. ohscurus, Fabr., 

 from both of which it differs by the thick and deeply sulcate 

 antennae. 



Genus Megymenum. 

 Megymenum dentatum. 



Megymenum dentatutn, Boisd. Voy. Astr., Ins. ii. p. 632, pi. xi. fig. 11 



(1835). 

 Megymenum instructum, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 502. n. 14 (1868). 



Walker had confused M. dentatum, Boisd., with M. semi- 

 vestitum, Voll., and then redescribed lioisduval's species. 



