286 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



e\ A parting- in the hairs on the forehead to 



form a forwardly directed brow-fringe ; at 



least the throat and the inner sides of the 



limbs not yellow (? in C. galeritus). 



f. Hairs on crown of head short, directed 



backwards, without median longitudinal 



partii]g ; no tail-tuft. 



g. Prevailing colour smolry grey ; no yellow 



on flanks, chest, or belly Hagenbecki. 



g^. Prevailing colour brown, yellowish on 



the flanks, chest, and belly agilis. 



f^. Hairs on crown of liead long, separated 

 by a median longitudinal parting, whence 

 they diverge to the light and left, over- 

 lapping the tops of the ears ; tail apically 



tufted galeritus. 



a\ Hair on summit of head forming an upstanding 

 parietal crest or tuft. 

 h. Skin of face, of hands and feet, and the nails 

 black ; prevailing colour of coat also black, 



though brown or iron-grey in parts albigena. 



i. Whiskers short ; a very distinct superciliary 

 fringe. 

 k. Mantle and chest and outer side of legs 



brown with grey tinge subsp. albigena. 



k^. No grey tinge in the hairs of the mantle, 

 chest, and outer side of legs, the latter 



being black subsp. Johnstoni. 



i'. Whiskers long, partially concealing ears; 



no supercihary fringe subsp. Rothschildi. 



h}. Skin of face, nails, and underside of hands and 

 feet flesh-coloured, at least the cheeks, throat, 

 tail, and lower half of legs whitish. 



/. Arms, body, and thiglis black congicns. 



/'. Arms, body, and legs mostly greyish white, 



the arms and shoulders partly ashy black . . Hamlgni. 



XXXIX. — On some Ethiopian Rhynchota, and Synonymical 

 Notes. B/ W. L. Distant. 



The following descriptions refer to South-African specimens 

 whicii I have recently received from various sources. Tliose 

 from the Transvaal will be subsequently figured in ' Insecta 

 Transvaaliensia.' 



Fani. Pentatomidae. 



Subfam. PEyxATOMiNJi. 



Uermolaus Stoierstra', sp. n. 



Brownish testaceous, coarsely punctate ; head with tlie 



punctures on lateral lobes arranged in somewhat lonj^itudinal 



