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punctate, with a central longitudinal carinate line wbich 

 terminates near anterior margin in a slight foveation. 



Long., excl. tegm., 12 mm. ; exp. tegm, 32 mm. 



Hab. Cameroons [Escalera, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to P. grossus, Fabr., but with the vertex a little 

 more augulate anteriorly, while from all tlie varieties of the 

 Fabrician species it differs by the pale unicolorous wings. 



Genus Poophilus. 



Poophilus, Stfil, Hera. Afr. iv. p. 72 (186G). 



Type, P. aduosus, Stal. 



Poophilus adust us *. 

 rtyelns adustus, Walk. List FFom. iii. p, 710 (1851). 



Hab. Congo, Sierra Leone. 



■ Poophilus obscurus. 



rtyelus obscurus, Walk. Li:^t Horn. iii. p. 707 (1851). 

 Aphrophora obscura, Germ., MS. 



Hab. S. Africa. 



Genus Sepullia. 

 SepuUia, StSl, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 79 (18G(5). 



Type, S. murrayi, Sign. 



Sepullia murrayi. 



Clastoptera murraj/i, Sigu. in Thoms. Arch. Eut. ii. p. 333 (1858). 

 Sepullia murrayi, Stal, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 80 (1800). 



Var. — Head, pronotum, and tegmina stramineous, the 

 latter with the veins, apical margin, and confluent spots ou 

 apical area black ; scutellum black ; body beneath and legs 

 as in the typical form. 



I possess both the black typical form and variety from 

 Calabar, where they were collected by the late Mr. 

 liutherford. 



Genus Hemiapterus. 

 IlemiajJterus, Jacobi, Zool. Jahrb. xix. p. 777 (1904). 



Type, H. decurtatus, Jacobi. 



* The P. conyolensis, Schout., which I have uot seen, may be cou- 

 specilic with this species, 



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