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Mr, W, L. Distant on the 



Lyyceus negus, sp. u. 



►^anguincons ; apex of hoad and a s])ot at inner niar<rins 

 of eyes, anterior margin of pronotum and two large siib- 

 quadrato spots on disk not quite reacliing posterior margin 

 and anteriorly, outwardly, narrowly connected with lateral 

 margins, scutelluni (excluding apex), posterior hall: of clavus, 

 lateial margins, and a central rounded spot connected with 

 the same black ; body beneath sanguineous, posterior sternal 

 areas greyish white and laterally spotted with black ; 

 antennaj, legs, and lateral margins of abdomen black \ 

 antennae with the second joint longest, third and fourth 

 almost subequal in length ; pronotum centrally longitudinally 

 carinate; scutellum robustly cariuate on apical half; mem- 

 brane passing abdominal apex, fuliginous, the veins on 

 extreme basal area black. 



Long, 8 nun. 



Hab. Abyssinia ; Higo Samula {R. J. Stordy), 



Allied to L. bettoniy Dist., from Brit. E. Africa. 



Lygceus dives, sp. n.^ 



Ochraceous ; apex of head and a large spot at inner 

 margin of each eye, pronotum with the anterior marginal 

 area and two large, subquadrate spots (anteriorly nearly 

 united to each other centrally and to the lateral margins 

 perfectly), scutellum (excluding apex), corium with the outer 

 claval margin and a dark-r spot at inner claval apex, lateral 

 margin (not extending to apex), a darker spot near middle 

 of lateral area, membrane, rostrum, and legs black; head 

 beneath and sternum black, margins of the sternal segments 

 greyish white, a prominent ochraceous spot near lateral 

 margins of each segment, and a few darker black s[)Ots ; 

 abdomen beneath dull testaceous with a broad central fascia 

 and narrow lateral margins black; antenna} mutilated; 

 black markings above more or less obscurely punctate; an 

 oblique incision on each side of the anterior pronotal area 

 between the black markings ; rostrum reaching the posterior 

 coxse. 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. Uganda; Mutanda (C. H. Marshall). 



Allied to the preceding species, L. neyus^ Dist. 



Graptostethus pictus, Dist. (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vii. 

 p. 53{^, 1901). 



This species, formerly only known from Natal and Trans- 

 vaal, can now be also recorded from N,E, Rhodesia ; Upper 



