some Ethiopian Ehynchota. 289 



caiinatc; Icf^s luinrrnod, tarsi witli three joints; .scutcUum 

 inucli longer than broad, half as long again as broad at base, 

 a little shorter than head and pronotum together ; apical 

 angle of cerium subacute, not rounded ; membrane with a 

 central discal areole and with two of the veins forked near 

 posterior margin ; abdomen a little broader than hcmelytra 

 from a little beyond base, scarcely wider than base oi" 

 pronotum. 



Allied to Malgassus, Ilurv. 



Kahlamha typica, sp. n. 



Ochraccous, above coarsely darkly punctate ; head with 

 the apex acutely rounded, coarsely darkly punctate, the 

 margins of the central lobe fuscous ; pronotum punctate, 

 transversely rugulose, the dark punctures forming some 

 indistinct longitu<linal strij« ; seutellum darkly j)unctate, with 

 a central pale, lougituilinal, levigate line ; corium darkly 

 punctate, the venation pale, prominent, levigate; membrane 

 dark grey ; body beneath very finely punctate, the punctures 

 darker and more confluent on head beneath and at lateral 

 margins of sternum ; legs somewhat thickly blackly ])unctate, 

 abdominal spiracles black ; apex of rostrum piceous ; struc- 

 tural characters as detailed in generic diagnosis. 



Long. 13-15 mm. 



Hah. Natal; Newcastle (S. Afr. Mus. and Coll. DIst.). 



Mr. Peringuey sent me two examples of this species repre- 

 senting a genus belonging to the division Sepinaria, Horv., 

 iiitherto represented only in Madagascar. 



Fani. CoreidsB. 

 Subfam. PsYZLOMOiiPirisju. 



Pephricus Fryi, sjn n. 



Varying in colour from pale creamy white to ochraceous ; 

 head above behind eyes (excluding a central longitudinal 

 fascia) black ; pronotum centrally opaque, pale ochraceous, 

 the expanded lateral areas creamy white, centrally blackly 

 punctate, the punctures arranged somewhat transversely ; 

 abdomen above with scattered black punctures which form a 

 prominent transverse black fascia beyond middle, extending 

 on each side through the principal abdominal lobe, apical 

 abdominal lobes streaked with black at apices, anal prolonga- 

 tions with a central black line; body beneath much punctured 

 with black. In structure the species is allied to P./ragilis, 



