314 Mr. W. L. Distant 07i 



notum and aLdomen black. Head witli a rectangular hollow 

 fascia on front, anterior margins of vertex angularly enlarged 

 at junction -with front, a transverse fascia between the eyes 

 and the area of the ocelli, black. Pronotum with a central 

 longitudinal fascia transversely extended anteriorly and 

 posteriorly, the incisures and lateral margins black. Meso- 

 notum with two obconical fascite on anterior margin, the 

 basal cruciform elevation, a sinuated fascia connecting same 

 with the obconical spots, and lateral and posterior margins 

 ochraceous. Abdomen above moderately pilose, anterior 

 margins of the tympana ochraceous, segmental margins 

 clothed with ochraceous hairs. Body beneath and legs ochra- 

 ceous ; head, sternum, and opercula greyish ; anterior margin 

 of head, lateral margins (excluding extreme edge) of sternum, 

 a basal spot to face, spots and streaks to femora and tibiai, 

 and some small central sj)Ots to abdomen, black. 



Tegmina fulvous^ mottled with dark fuscous, the venation 

 ochraceous at base and subsequently piceous towards apex ; 

 costal membrane ochraceous, its base and the basal cell largely 

 black. Wings black, the base irregularly ochraceous to about 

 centre, the outer margins broadly pale hyaline and with a 

 creamy white spot at the apex of the black coloration. 



Rostrum reaching the posterior cox£e, opercula moderately 

 overlapping at centre. 



Long. (J 26 millim. ; exp. tegm. 80 niillira. 



IJab. S.Africa, Bushman Land {]Varde)i). Cape Town 

 Mus. and Coll, Dist. 



The peculiar coloration of the wings will render this species 

 easily recognizable. 



Pacilopsaltria Ftringueyi^ sp. n. 



Closely allied to P. Trimeni^ but differing in the following 

 characters : — The head is more conical and less truncate in 

 front, the lateral margins of the pronotum are more acutely 

 angular in dilatation, the face is broader, the abdomen beneath 

 with black fascia on the segments, and the wings without 

 the ochraceous basal area, being wholly black, with the 

 exception of the creamy white spot near apex and the broad 

 pale hyaline outer margins. 



Long. ^ 24-26 millim. ; exp. tegm. 68-78 millim. 



Hah. 8. Africa, Damara Land [G. Ta(ton). Cape Town 

 Mus. and Coll. Dist. 



Thopha sessiliha, sp, n. 

 Body above dark ochraceous. Head with the margin of 



