292 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Fara. Tingididse. 

 Piesma bicolorata, sp. n. 



Head and antennae ocliraceous, eyes black; pronotum 

 purplisli brown, the anterior margin, two anterior central 

 ridges, and anterior lateral areas stramineous, the latter with 

 two small marginal dark spots; hemelytra pale ochraceous, 

 much spotted with purplish brown except at basal and 

 sutural areas ; body beneath (imperfectly seen in carded 

 specimen) stramineous, lateral sternal areas purplish brown, 

 a lateral abdominal segmental series of purplisli- brown spots, 

 the legs ochraceous ; basal joint of antennte strongly incras- 

 sate, mucli longer than second, which is short and moderately 

 thickened, third joint longest, fourth longer than second, 

 thickened, pyriform ; pronotum thickly and coarsely punc- 

 tate except on anterior marginal and anterior lateral areas, 

 two lateral central longitudinal carinations not extending 

 behind middle, and on each side of these anteriorly an 

 obliquely transverse foveation ; apex of claval area fuscous ; 

 veins to sutural area purplish brown. 



Long. 2^ mm. 



Hab. Transvaal; Pretoria (Fret. Mus. and Coll. Dist.). 



This species is allied to P. diluta, Stal, which I have else- 

 where figured *. Mr. Swierstra has sent me a specimen 

 which was taken at Pretoria. 



Fam. Reduviidae. 

 Cerilocus waterhcrgensis^ sp. n. 



Body above black, beneath piceous ; head, anterior lobe of 

 pronotum, scutellum, rostrum, prosternuni, coxae, and legs 

 sanguineous ; antennie, disks of sternum and abdomen dull 

 ochraceous; connexivum piceous brown; eyes, area of ocelli, 

 and anterior margin of pronotum black ; antenna finely 

 pilose, second and third joints subequal in length ; area of 

 the ocelli a little gibbous; pronotum with the anterior angles 

 obtusely prominent, anterior lobe moderately gibbous, poste- 

 rior lobe with the lateral angles subacute, both lobes centrally 

 longitudinally impressed, the impression reaching neither the 

 anterior nor posterior margin; scutellum prominently foveate 

 at base, the lateral margins broadly ridged, the apex ter- 

 minating in an upwardly directed spine; corium and tegmina 



* Aun. S. Afr. Mus. ii. t. xv. lig. 1. 



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