204 Mr. W. L. Distant on the 



Transvaal; I'ri^toria (Distant), hydeuhurg {K7'anfz). N.E. 

 Rhodesia ; ]\Ii(l-Luanfi;\va Valley {Xeave). Blue Nile ; 

 Roseires {Flower). Congo {Richardson). 



Aphanus albigera, sp. ii. 



Head and anterior area of pronotum black, posterior 

 pronotal area ochraceous, brownly punctate, and at the 

 lateral marj^inal junctions of these two areas a somewhat 

 larg^e pale ochraceous spot ; scutellum black ; coriuni 

 ochiarcous, thickly darkly ])unetate, extreme lateral margin 

 impunctate, inner claval margin for about half its lengtli 

 from base pale ochraceous and impunctate, from thence to 

 apex very thickly blackly punctate, a short elongate black 

 line near outer claval margin, followed by a large black spot 

 near and outside claval apex, the apical margin of corium 

 narrowly black, the two last markings separated by a small 

 pale impunctate spot ; membrane brownish with the venation 

 somewhat paler in hue; body beneath, rostrum^ and legs 

 black, coxal spots and narrow, irregular posterior margins 

 to sternal segments pale ochraceous ; antennae with the 

 third joint shortest, second and fourth subequal in length. 



Long. 6-6^ mm. 



H lb. South Africa ; Grahamstown. Natal ; Durban 

 {F. Muir). 



Allied to A. apicalis, Dall., but a smaller and narrower 

 species, mai kings of the pronotum and short third joint of 

 antennae different. 



Aphanus nigrellus, sp. n. 



Head, antennae, pronotum, and scutellum black, lateral 

 pronotal margins ochraceous; corium dull ochraceous, two 

 short claval lines and the apical area black, the latter con- 

 taining a prominent, central, transverse greyish-white spot, 

 and the extreme apical angle also of that^ colour ; membrane 

 griseo-fuscoup, with an apical white .spot; body beneath, 

 rostrum, and legs black; antcnnse somewhat robust, third 

 joint a little shi rter than second or fouith joints; pronotal 

 lateral margins distinctly, somewhat longly pilose. 



Long. G mm. 



Hah. Nyasaland ; between Ft. Mangoche and Chikala 

 Boma {S. A. Neave). 



Allied to both A. apicalis, Dall. and the preceding species 

 here described — A. a I big era, hut difllering by the colour of 

 the pronotum and its longl\' pilose lateral margins, &c. 



