3 7-1 Mr. W. L. Distant on Coreidge. 



Anoplocneniis Whytei^ sp. n. 



Castaneous ; corium dull stramineous, its lateral margins 

 irregularly castaneous ; posterior tarsi dull ochraceous ; abdo- 

 men above black, its lateral margins and a central lineate 

 spot on anterior margin of fourth and tiftli segments ochra- 

 ceous ; connexivum and apex castaneous ; membrane bronzy. 

 Body and legs finely ochraceously pilose; antennae with tlie 

 basal joint a little darkest, first, second, and fourth joints 

 subequal in length, third shortest ; pronotura with the lateral 

 angles subprominent and rounded ; body beneath somewhat 

 paler j sternum thickly ochraceously pilose, with an indistinct 

 ochraceous fascia near the coxfe. 



(J . Abdomen beneath broadly and tuberculously gibboua 

 at the junction of the second and third abdominal segments; 

 posterior tibiae inwardly angulated at less than midway from 

 base, and thence finely dentate to apex. 



$ . Posterior tibiai simple, but finely dentate along inner 

 margin. 



Long., c? 22 millim., ? 25 raillim. 



Hah. Nyasaland, Nyika Mts., 6000-7000 feet {A. Whyte, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Genus ilELUCHA. 

 Melucha Biolleyi, sp. n. 



$ . Fulvous ; first and second joints of antennfe, lateral 

 margins and apices of lateral angles to pronotum, about basal 

 half of lateral margins to corium, lateral margins and apex of 

 pcutellum, and a large basal spot to membrane black ; body 

 beneath more rufous than above, intermediate and posterior 

 femora luteous, posterior femora with the apex and apical 

 spines black, posterior tibife with about apical third luteous, 

 basal rufous portion very narrowly edged with black ; con- 

 nexivum fuliginous ; membrane cupreous. 



Antennae with the first joint longer than the second, their 

 bases narrowly rufous ; remaining joints mutilated ; pronotura 

 coarsely punctate and rugulose, its lateral margins finely 

 crenulate, the lateral angles acutely and straiglitly produced, 

 ■with their posterior margins crenulate ; scutellum coarsely 

 punctate, basal margin levigate; corium finely punctate; 

 posterior femora armed with about five short teeth ; posterior 

 tibiae outwardly dilated, convex, not toothed. 



Long., 9 , 22 millim. ; exj). pronot. angl. 9 millim. 



Hah. Costa Rica ; Turrialba, Atlantic slopes (P. Biolley, 

 Coll. Dist.). 



