.'504 ]Mr. W . Ti. Distant on nmlescrihed Rhynchota. 



and logs prile ocliraceoiis ; stenniiii modevately blackly 

 punctate, disk of abdomen thickly blackly punctate, almost 

 nnicolorous, nMuainins; area darkly punctate, with a sinuate 

 lon<iitudiiial fascia of black punctures on each side, extreme 

 lateral margin spotted with black at apices of abdominal 

 segments ; legs oclnaceous, with a small black spot near 

 apices of femora ; antennre oclnaceous, second and third 

 joints subequal in length, each shorter than fourth or fifth 

 joints, which are also subequal; head with the apex broadly 

 subtrnncate, posterior ])ron()tal angles acutely produced, their 

 apices distinctly curved backwardly. 



Long. ()-7 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl. 4^—5 mm. 



IJah. Transvaal ; Johannesburg [A. Ross) ; Pretoria, 

 "Waterberg District. 



One varietal specimen has the pronotal angles not acutely 

 produced. 



Fam. Lygaeidae. 

 Lygtcus swynnertoni, sp. n. 



Somewhat dark oclnaceous ; antennse, apex of vertex of 

 head, and a basal spot at inner margin of eyes, broad ante- 

 rior margin connected with two longitudinal sublatcral fascias 

 to pronotum, basal margin to scutellum, claval area and a 

 marginal spot curved backwardly on costa of corium, basal 

 margin of membrane, sternum^ rostrum, and legs black or 

 blackish ; anterior and intermediate femora apically annu- 

 lated with ochraceous; abdomen beneath ochraceous, the apical 

 segment black, membrane fuscous brown, reflecting the dark 

 abdomen beneath ; basal joint of antennae reaching or slightly 

 passing the apex of head, second joint slightly longest, third 

 and fourth subequal in length; pro-, meso-, and metasterna 

 each with a prominent black spot near lateral margins, that 

 on prosternum tuberculous. 



Long. 11 mm. 



ILih. South Rhodesia (C. F. M. Swynnerton, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to L. bettoni, Dist. 



Fam. Hydrometridae. 



Subfam. Gembinm. 



ASCLEPIOS, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as broad, conically rounded anteriorly 

 beyond the insertion of the antennse; eyes longer than broad, 

 a little obliquely produced over the anterior angles of the 



