240 Mr. W. F. Kirby on new 



1. Dittopternis (?) rosacea. 



Long. Corp. 19 millim, ; exp. al. 40 raillim. 



Male. — Head, thorax, four front legs, and base of tegmina 

 yellowish grey, mottled with black, almost the terminal half 

 of the tegmina hyaline, sparingly reticulated with black ; 

 abdomen, face, and under surface yellowish ; wings rose- 

 colour, with the apex hyaline, separated by a black band, 

 curved outwards below tiie costa, round the hind margin, but 

 ceasing before reaching the anal angle; hind femora black 

 inside, with a yellow ring before the tip, outside yellowish 

 grey, mottled with black; upperside banded with black and 

 yellowish grey and with a row of raised black points ; hind 

 tibife and tarsi bright red ; base of tibiee and tips of spines 

 black. 



Hah. Eureka, Barberton {Rendall). 



A very distinct species. 



2. Heteropternis gutttfera. 



Long. Corp. 21 millim. ; exp, al. 36 millim. 



Male. — Brown, indistinctly mottled with darker, blackish 

 towards the front of the rostrum below, on the hinder part of 

 the pronotum, on the basal segments of the abdomen above, 

 and towards its extremity. Hind femora brown, mottled 

 with black, the under surface bright red; hind tibire 

 blackish, with a narrow and broad yellow belt towards the 

 base, a longitudinal yellow band above before the extremity, 

 and the tarsi mostly yellowish. Tegmina brown towards the 

 base, irregularly mottled with yellowish white ; towards the 

 extremity the cells are whitish subhyaline, with a brown 

 streak or spot in the centre of each. Wings hyaline, nar- 

 rowly brown along the costa, and with the tip inclining to 

 brownish ; possibly with the nervures reddish or yellowish 

 towards the base during life. 



Hah. Eureka, Barberton (Rendall). 



3. Heteropternis Saussurei. 



Long. corp. 26 millim.; exp. tegm. circa 45 millim. 



Female. — Head, thorax, and antennas black, mottled with 

 yellow; behind the eyes run converging pale bands (perhaps 

 red in life), partly macular, crossing each other, and ending 

 in a large spot on each side at the base of the hinder lobe of 

 the pronotum. Abdomen blackish, mostly yellow beneath, 

 and shining, and varied with testaceous or reddish on the 

 sides. Hind femora black, thickly and transversely mottled 



