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legs and antennas longly pilose ; eyes and ocelli obscure 

 stramineous. 



Long. 25 millim. 



I/ab. Madagascar: Antananarivo {Rev. R. Toy, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Pirates aun'gans, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, rostrum, antenna?, 

 and legs black ; corium, membrane, and abdomen beneath 

 dark piceous brown ; connexivum above and beneath and a 

 discal longitudinal fascia to corium (commencing on claval 

 margin at about one third from base, terminating on basal 

 margin of membrane, a little widened interiorly near centre, 

 where it emits a short transverse spur) golden yellow ; a 

 discal spot to corium and a larger discal spot to membrane 

 black. Anterior lobe of pronotum with a distinct central 

 basal fovea, the lateral areas obscurely sulcate ; scutellum 

 with the lateral margins and apex strongly carinate ; antenna3 

 thickly and finely pilose, second and third joints subequal in 

 length. 



Long. 12-13 millim. 



Hab. Brit. East Africa: El donyo eb Viru (C. S. Betton, 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Pirates marginiventris, sp. n. 



Dull dark castaneous; head, corium, and membrane 

 piceous; connexivum above and beneath, antennge, rostrum, 

 legs, and basal lateral angles of corium ochraceous; antennfe 

 with the second and third joints infuscated. Anterior lobe of 

 pronotum finely centrally sulcate, lateral areas obscurely 

 sulcate ; membrane distinctl}' passing the apex of abdomen, 

 its apical margin pale fuliginous. 



Long. 10-11 millim. 



Hab. Brit, East Africa : Athi River, Athi-ya-Mawe (C. S, 

 Betton, Brit. Mus.). 



Pirates sejyulchralis, sp. n. 



Black, shining, corium and membrane opaque ; apical half 

 of clavus connected with a somewhat similar spot on corium at 

 claval margin, the apical fringe to tibige, and apex of second 

 joint to rostrum ochraceous; tarsi brownish ochraceous. 



Head between the eyes centrally sulcate ; anterior lobe of 

 pronotum narrowly centrally sulcate on posterior half; apex 

 of scutellum upwardly tuberculate ; anterior femora strongly 

 incrassated and spined beneath, four spines on apical half. 



Long. 23 millim. 



JJab. West Australia {E. H. Saunders, Brit. Mus.). 



