202 Mr. W. L. Distant on the 



Lacknophnr aides I'udolfianus, sp. n. 



Head and anterior lobe of pronotuin dull, dark ochraceons, 

 posterior pronotal lobe paler ocbraceoiis witli darker punc- 

 tures in smi\e\vbat transverse series and witli tbree central 

 longitudinal darker series, lateral margins broadly and basal 

 margin nari'owly pale ocbraceous, a black spot near each 

 basal angle ; scutellum ocbraceous, darkly punctate, a large 

 casfaneous spot at base and two linear black spots on apical 

 area ; coriura very pale ocbraceous, more or less darkly 

 punctate, clavus Avitb a black and greyish spot at base, 

 i)eyond middle of corium a broad transverse dark castaneous 

 fascia and the apical raaroin narrowly and irregularly of the 

 same colour ; membrane pale sinning ochraceous ; head 

 beneath and sternum piceous ; abdomen beneath dull dark 

 testaceous ; legs and rostrum ochraceons ; antennas ocbra- 

 ceous, apices of the second and third joints and apical half 

 of the foiirrh black, second joint a little longest, third and 

 fourth joints sulxqnal in length ; anterior femora robust, 

 strongly spined beneath near apex, anterior tibire in cJ strongly 

 curved, and with a prominent spine beneath near middle. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hub. Soudan; Kaig (Lake Rudolph Exped. — C. Singer). 



Aphanus littoralis, sp. n. 



Head black or very dark castaneous, eyes griseo-fuscous ; 

 antennse dull ochraceous, apices of first, second, and third 

 joints more or less fuscous, fourth joint dark fuscous with a. 

 broad subbasal greyish annulation ; pronotum ochraceous, 

 prominently brownly punctate, the lateral margins almost 

 impunctate, anterior half (excluding m;irgins) dark casta- 

 neous and almost impunctate, with a small central pale 

 ochraceous spot at anterior margin ; scutellum ochraceous, 

 prominently brownly punctate, the ba?al area black; corium 

 ochraceOTis, rather finely brownly punctate, extreme lateral 

 margins almost impunctate ; membrane brownish ochra- 

 ceous with somewhat i)aler mottlings ; body beneath casta- 

 neous, the lateral margins, posterior sternal segmental 

 margins, rostrum, and legs ochraceous, the lateral abdominal 

 margin with large castaneous spots ; second, third, and 

 fourth joints of ant 'unae gradually decreasing in length,; 

 the second a little longest ; fir^t joint of rostrum about] 

 reaching base of head; membrane about reaching abdo- 

 minal apex ; pronotum with a more or less distinct central 



