440 Mr. W. L. Distant on some 



legs black ; connexivum, abdomen beneath, and the femora 

 luteous ; anal abdominal segment black ; head with the 

 lateral lobes foliaceous and produced in front of the central 

 lobe, their apices divided ; antennas with the basal joint 

 shortest, second a little shorter than third, fourth and fifth 

 longest and about subequal in length; rostrum passing the 

 anterior but not quite reaching the intermediate coxae, first 

 joint slightly extending beyond base of head, second a little 

 longer than third and fourth together ; pronotum, scutellum, 

 and corium rugose, the first more finely so and coarsely punc- 

 tate, the second transversely rugose and coarsely sparingly 

 punctate, the corium more irregularly rugose and .sparingly 

 coarsely punctate; membrane more piceous than black; tibia? 

 sulcate ; tarsi ochraceously pilose. 



Long. 13^-14| mm. 



E. Ruwenzori, 6000-13,000 feet, and Old Camp, G000- 

 7000 feet. 



Allied to A. nigroviolaceus, Pal. Beauv., but differing in 

 having the second joint of the antennae shorter than the third 

 and in the colour of the under surface of the abdomen &c. 



Fam. Coreidae. 



Genus Holopterna. 

 Holopterna, Stal, En. Hem. iii. p. 41 (1873). 



Holopterna loollastoni, sp. n. 



Head and scutellum black ; pronotum and corium piceous 

 black, the latter with a large ochiaceous basal spot ; antennae 

 piceous black, the apical joint pale ochraceous, with its 

 extreme base blackish ; membrane dark bronzy ; connexivum 

 black and more or less ochraceously spotted at the segmental 

 incisures ; body beneath and legs black ; antennas with the 

 basal joint about as long as pronotum, longer than second 

 joint, second, third, and fourth joints almost subequal in 

 length ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae, first joint 

 slightly passing base of head, second extending between the 

 anterior coxae, third shortest, just passing the anterior coxas ; 

 head excavated between the apices of the lateral lobes ; pro- 

 notum much shorter than breadth between the lateral angles, 

 which are strongly produced moderately upwardly and 

 apically slightly recurved, the lateral margins of the produced 

 angles crenulate; corium somewhat finely punctate ; poste- 

 rior tibiae in $ spined beneath near apex, posterior femora 



