130 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



to bring home five. Of the others, P. marginatiis, Westw., 

 seems to be confined to some portions of the Cape Colony 

 and P. turritus, Gerst., was received from Dar-es- Salaam. 

 Pyrops is a tropical and subtropical genus, only occurring in 

 the Transvaal (as far as my experience goes) in the stretch 

 of warm forest country which extends from Delagoa Bay to 

 Durban. 



Nyassaland. 



P. pusfulosits, Gerst. Zomba [iJr. P. Rendall). 

 P. tenebrostis, Fabr. „ „ 



Mashunaland. 



P. clavaticeps, Karsch. [Jmfili River {Guy Marshall). 



Transvaal. 



P. intncattts, Walk. Barberton {Dr. P. Rendall). 



Natal. 



P. natalensis, Dist. Diuban {Distant). 



Two of these species — P. clavaticepa and P. tenebrosus — 

 range across the continent, being found on the west coast. 



Subfam. EvETBSACSTBINX. 



Paropio.ri/s hellus, sp. n. 



Body ochraceous ; head with four basal black spots between 

 the eyes ; pronotum with six spots (two central placed trans- 

 versely and two on each side obliquely) ; mesonotum with 

 five spots, also black : legs reddish ; apices of the femora, 

 aimulations to the anterior and intermediate tibiae, and the 

 tarsi black. 



Tegmina pale greenish, the basal half with some large 

 ochraceous spots, followed by an obscure dull ochraceous 

 transverse fascia, and with the following bright shining black 

 spots, viz. : — one at base, four along costal margin, and some 

 twenty-five or more on apical area. Wings pale greenish 

 white, the apex slightly ochraceous, and containing about 

 twelve small black spots. 



Long., cxcl. tegm., 13 millim. ; exp. tegm. 40 raillim. 



Hab. Nyassaland, Zomba {Dr. Percy Rendall). 



A species somewhat allied to P. gloriosus^ Karsch. 



