RhyncJiotal Family Lyg?eula3. 2G7 



without the central cariuate longitudinal line which is 

 always more or less pronounced in D. parvipictus. 



Long. 9-10 mni. 



Hub. Uganda; Entebbe (C. C. Goiodey). Katanga; 

 Kambove (<S. A. Neave). Abyssinia (C Singer^. 



Dieuches smithi, sp. n. 



Head and anterior lobe of pronotum testaceous, posterior 

 pronotal lobe ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate, lateral 

 })ronotal margins pale, impunctate ; scutellum testaceous, 

 •extreme apex pale ochraceous ; corium dark ochraceous or 

 brownish ochraceous, lateral margins and a large irregular 

 spot before apex pale ochraceous ; membrane brownish 

 ochraceous ; body beneath testaceous ; lateral margins of 

 sternum, posterior margin of metasternum, and lateral 

 abdominal margins ochraceous; rostrum and legs ochra- 

 ceous, apical areas of femora and apices of the tibiae piceons ; 

 antennre ochraceous, the basal joint and apices of remaining 

 joints dark testaceous or piceous, second and fourth joints 

 longest and subequal in length; pronotum with a central 

 longitudinal caiinate line on posterior lobe ; first joint of 

 rostrum about reaching base of head ; membrane not quite 

 reaching abdominal apex in c? , distinctly shorter in ? . 



Long. 10-11 mm. 



Hab. S. Africa {Dr. Smith's Coll.). Graham's Town 

 {F.Pym). 



Allied to D. umbrifer, Stal. 



Dieuches slogr/etti, sp, n. 



Black ; lateral margins of pronotum and corium, second 

 joint and base of third joint of antennae (fourth joint muti- 

 lated), tibiae and tarsi stramineous or pale ochraceous ; 

 second joint of antennai much longer than third ; pronotum 

 soiiiewhat narrow and elongate, posterior lobe thickly punc- 

 tate ; corium and clavus more or less thickly punctate; 

 first joint of rostrum about reaching base of head. 



Long. 9 mm. 



Hub. S. Africa; Deelfontein {Col. Sloggett). 



Metadieuches, gen. nov. 



Head robust, about as long as breadth between eyes, wiiich 

 almost reach anterior margin of pronotum or are not far 

 removed from same, in front of eyes laterally strongly 

 obliquely sinuate, the apex of the central lobe prominent ; 



