Rhyncholal Fa mil// Lygceidai. 2G3 



longitudinal narrow cariuatioii ; scutellum a little foveately 

 depressed at base. 



Long. 8^-10 mm. 



Hab. Blue Nile (E. S. Cresp'in), nr. mouth of Dinder R. 

 and Roseires {S. S. Flower). N.W. shore of L. Nyasa, from 

 Florence Bay to Karonga {S. A. Neave). 



Aphanus ferrugineus, sp. n. 



Head black; antennse with the basal joint black, second 

 and third joints ferruginous ; pronotum pale ferruginous, 

 coarsely darkly punctate, the anterior area (excluding 

 margins) black ; scutellum black, coarsely darkly punctate, 

 becoming paler and more ferruginous on apical area, and 

 with an ochraceous spot on each lateral margin near base ; 

 coriuni brownish ochraceous, darkly punctate, with two 

 small obscure black spots in oblique series on apical half, 

 the lateral margins narrowly impunctate ; body beneath 

 black, the posterior sternal segmental margins, rostrum, 

 and legs ferruginous ; second joint of anteunse considerably 

 longer than third; apex of central lobe of head distinctly 

 prominent ; in some specimens the femora are distmctly 

 darker — almost black — than the tibiae ; basal joint of rostrum 

 passing base of head ; membrane, a little paler than corium, 

 reaching abdominal apex. 



Long. 8-8^ mm. 



Hab. Nyasaland (Cotterell) ; W. shore of L. Xyasa between 

 Domira Bay and Kotakota (.S*. A. Neave). N.E. Rhodesia ; 

 Mid-Luangwa Valley {S. A. Xeave). 



Aphanus apicalis. 



Rhypnrochromus apicalis, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. .562 (1852). 

 Rhyparochromws turf/idifemtn% Stal, Ofv'. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1855, p. 32. 1. 

 Rhyparochromus niyromaculatus, Sta.1, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fcirb. 1655, 



p. 32. 2. 

 Beoftus apicalis, StSl,*IIem. Afr. ii. p. 165 (1865). 

 Aphanus erosus, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) viii. p. 501 (1901). 



In describing my A. erosus I wrote, " Allied to A. apicalis, 

 Dall., differing by the exceedingly coar.se punctuation on 

 the lateral margins of the pronotum and corium, &c." 

 Compared with the type of Dallas, that held good at the 

 time of writing, but since then a large number of species 

 have reached the British Museum, and intez'mediate varieties 

 occur. 



Hab. S. Africa (Brit. Mus.). Ovampo L. {Eriksson). 



