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Dismegistus fm briahto^ Th unb . 

 Nezara viridula, Linn. 



rohtsta, sp. n. 



Euryaspis mashonte, sp. n. 

 Antestia cincticollis, Schaum. 



mma-itii, StSl. 



Menida loriventris, Germ. 



Diploxys thoracia, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, lateral margins and margins of central 

 lobe piceous, apex brownish ; antennas reddish, fifth joint, and 

 fourth joint excluding base, piceous. Pronotum ochraceous, 

 thickly covered with coarse black punctures ; lateral margins, 

 a narrow central fascia, and two discal levigate spots on ante- 

 rior area pale ochraceous ; lateral angles piceous, strongly 

 produced and directed forward. Scutellum piceous, sub- 

 rugulose; a slightly raised, levigate, pale ochraceous, elongate 

 spot in each basal angle, after which the lateral margins and 

 apical area are pale ochraceous, coarsely punctured with 

 piceous, and with a narrow, central, pale ochraceous fascia. 

 Corium piceous, somewhat coarsely punctate, bases of lateral 

 margins ochraceous; membrane dull greyish. Connexivum 

 ochraceous. Body beneath ochraceous, coarsely and darkly 

 punctate ; a short anterior submarginal fascia to prosteruura ; 

 a somewhat broken fascia on each lateral area of pro-, meso-, 

 and metasternura ; a broad submarginal fascia extending 

 from pronotal angles to apex of abdomen, two central abdo- 

 minal fasciee, and the spiracles piceous. Legs reddish 

 ochraceous. 



Head with the lateral lobes meeting in front, their apices 

 non-exserted. Antennae with the second and fourth joints 

 shorter than the third and fifth ; rostrum reaching the poste- 

 rior coxge, its apex piceous ; posterior angles of the con- 

 nexivum acute, piceous. 



Long. 12 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6 millim. 



Hub. Mashonaland, near Salisbury (6r. A. K. Marshall), 



Nezara robusta, sp. n. 



Pale green, much sufiused with ochraceous. Head rugu- 

 lose, ocelli purplish red ; antennae with the first, second, and 

 third joints green, apices of second and third purplish red, 

 fourth and fifth joints reddish ochraceous. Pronotum 

 greenish ochraceous, crossed by irregular green fasciae, of 

 which three discal are most distinct ; lateral margins purplish 

 red. Scutellum green, with two broad central fascise, ochra- 

 ceous spotted witii green. Corium green, with claval and 



