Mr. W. L. Distant on ReduvildoB. SGI 



abdomen with a double discal series and a sabmarginal series 

 of ochraceous spots ; tibiae castaneous ; coriura stramineous, 

 its apical area int'uscated ; connexivum above and beneath 

 luteous, spotted with black. Head very sliglitly shorter than 

 pronotum, the postocular portion longer than anteocular 

 portion ; body sparingly pilose ; pronotum unarmed, poste- 

 rior lobe finely rugulose, lateral angles rounded, subpromi- 

 nent ; rostrum with the first joint about half as long as 

 second ; first joint of antennaj a little longer than head; lateral 

 margins of abdomen moderately dilated, fourth and fifth 

 segments somewliat lobately produced. 



Long. 22 millim. 



Bab. Brit. East Africa: Samburu [C. S. Betton, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Margasus luridus, sp. n. 



Black; coriura piceous, with the clavus and a connected very 

 broad subclaval fascia stramineous ; head, rostrum, and legs 

 ochraceous ; antennae, a large spot behind eyes, and a spot on 

 upper surface of anterior and intermediate femora a little 

 beyond middle black ; membrane shining bronzy, its apex 

 pale hyaline; lateral margins of meso- and raetasterna 

 stramineous ; ante- and postocular portions of head almost 

 equal in length ; first joint o£ antennaB nearly as long as 

 head and pronotum together; anterior lobe of pronotum with 

 two long discal conical spines, the anterior angles tubercu- 

 lously subprominent, posterior lobe with the lateral angles 

 spinously produced and with two long discal conical spines ; 

 lateral abdominal margins ampliated. 



Long. 22 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6| millim. 



llah. Madagascar: Fort Dauphin ((7/ojW, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to M. femoralis^ Sign. 



Paloptus papuensiSj sp. n. 



Head, rostrum, scutellum, and corium pale reddish ochra- 

 ceous, the anterior pronotal lobe and the corium a little paler 

 in hue ; antennce, second and third joints of rostrum, con- 

 nexivum, legs, and abdomen beneath black; lateral margins 

 of connexivum (excluding central angle) above and beneath 

 luteous ; base of first joint of antenna3 reddish ochraceous ; 

 basal joint of antennae about as long as head and pronotum 

 together ; anterior lobe of pronotum centrally sulcate, poste- 

 rior lobe with four long spines (two forming the lateral angles, 

 tiie other two erect and discal near posterior margin) ; scutel- 

 lum tuberculously tumid, its apex pale luteous, laterally 



