17(1 .Mr. W. Ti. Distant on the 



()|)jiortnnity of detecting the posteriorly ol)liqnely truncate 

 nictaplciiric. I iiave now had the opportunity of examining 

 a jjt'od series of specimens. 



Hab. South \i\iodcs\a {C. F. M. Srvipuierton). Gaza Land; 

 iir. Chirindi Forest (G. A. K. Marshall). Nyasahind ; 

 Mlanje (S. A. Neave). 



'Ihe Britisli INIusenm also now possesses a specimen 

 labelled " near Sfax, Tunis {de Boerio)" a locality which I 

 consider doubtful. 



Pyrrhohuphus guttaticolliS; sp. n. 



Dull purplish red, more or less pale oehraeeously or 

 greyislily pilose ; eyes black ; pionotum with the anterior 

 marginal area piteous and containing two dark black spots, 

 two somewhat similar spots in transverse series on pronotal 

 disk, and two larger and somewhat subquadrate spots at 

 base, scutellum and membrane black, the latter with its 

 basal angle and apical margin greyish white ; body beneath 

 thickly greyishly pilose, sternal and abdominal segments 

 with prominent lateral black spots ; legs black, greyishly 

 pilose; antenuic with the basal joint ochraceous and its 

 extreme base sanguineous, remaining joints black, extreme 

 base of second joint ochraceous, second joint a little longest, 

 third and fourth almost subequal : anterior marginal area of 

 pvonotum posteriorly defined by a waved, obliquely rounded 

 incised black line ; scutellum more thickly pilose, "with a 

 T-shaped discal carination ; rostrum black. 



Long. 14 mm. 



Hab. Malay Archipelago ; Damma Isld, [J. J. Walker). 



Cwnocoris torridus, sp. n. 



Above dull testaceofis red ; antennse, eyes, anterior area 

 of pronotum (exeluding extreme anterior margin), scutellum 

 (excluding; apex), and membrane black or blackish ; sternum 

 pale sanguineous with large coxal blackish spots ; abdomen 

 beneath dull ochraceous, the discal posterior areas of the 

 segments black ; rostrum, legs, and antennae black; fourth 

 joint of aiitennse considerably longest, second and third 

 almost equal in length ; head above discally convex ; pro- 

 notum coarsely punctate ; scutellum centrally longitudinally 

 carinate, the carination not reaching base, its apex san- 

 guineous ; clavus rather more very dull greyish than 

 remainder of coriurn ; membrane with the basal angle dark 

 indigo-blue, its apical maigiii hyaline ; rostrum reacliing 

 apical marjjin of second abdominal segment. 



