tn the British Museum. G5 



strong spine just boyoiid initMlc ; intermediate and posterior 

 femora sliorter than cither the hemelytra or tibiae ; eyes 

 moderately large and prominent; pronotura considerably less 

 than halt' the length of abdomen ; abdominal appendages more 

 or less mutilated. 



Long., excl. abdoni. appcii<l., 35 mm. 



Jlab. E. Centr. Africa: Uuwenzori [Scott Elliot^ Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Ranatra cinnamomea, sp. n. 



Cinnamon-brown ; abdomen above dull red, the connexivum 

 ochraceous ; untoiior margin of head beneatli black; pro- 

 notum beneath longitudinally fuscous ; raetasternum ovate, 

 with its lateral margins incised; apex of membrane not 

 reaching the sixth abdominal segment ; anterior femora with 

 a strong spine beyond middle; intermediate and posterior 

 femora about as long as the hemelytra and a little shorter 

 than the tibite ; eyes largo and prominent; pronjtuiu about 

 half the lengtli of abdomen; abdominal appendages much 

 longer than the body. 



Long., excl. abdom. append., 38-39 ; length abdom. 

 aj)jiend. 50 mm. 



Ilab. IS. Africa : Piric liash (.1. N. Stenniivj) ; Durban 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



Ranatra varicolor, sp. n. 



Fuscous brown ; head ochraceous ; about apical half of 

 pronotum, anterior cox«, abdomen beneath, intermediate and 

 posterior legs piceous or black ; abdomen above dull red, its 

 apex piceous, tlie connexivum ochraceous ; hemelytra more or 

 less mottled with ochraceous ; metasternum oblong, centrally 

 depressed ; apex of membrane reaching the fifth abdominal 

 segment; anterior femora mutilated; intermediate and poste- 

 rior femora a little shorter than the hemelytra and also 

 shorter than the tibiae ; eyes large and prominent ; pronotum 

 about half the length of abdomen ; abdominal appendages 

 much longer than the body. 



Long., excl. abdom. append., 44 ; length abdom. append. 

 58 mm. 



Ilab. "South Africa" (Brit. Mus.). 



Ranatra natalensis, sp. n. 



Allied to R. varicolor, but differing by the unicolorous 

 hemelytra, head and legs concolorous ; metasternum broadly 

 and prominently centrally sulcate ; apex of abdomen brownish 



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