Ml-. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. SIP 



cacli side ; tegmiiia black ; costal area from base to near 

 apex, where it is oblifiucly deflected inwardly, apical margin, 

 posterior claval margin, and some obscure macular discal 

 suffusions pale testaceous ; wings pale fuliginous, subhyaline, 

 basal area and apical margin piceous, extreme base san- 

 guineous ; pronotum coarsely punctate and posteriorly 

 rugose, a fine central carinate longitudinal line not reaching 

 posterior margin ; face with a central longituilinal carinate 

 line ; posterior tibiae with a moderately strong spine at 

 about one-third from apex. 



Long., excl. tegm., 10 mm. ; exp. tegm. 24 mm. 



Hab. Abyssinia; Shoa (Aniinori, Atkins. Coll., Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Locris areata. 



Monecphora areata, Walk. List Horn. iii. p. 67u (1851). 



Var. — Agreeing with typical L. areata, but tegmina with 

 nearly basal half of claval area continued upward in an 

 oblique fascia to near costal margin, pale ochraceous, this 

 ochraceous marking more or less margined with black spots 

 which vary in number and intensity in different specimens. 



Note. — In typical specimens of L. areata there arc 

 generally obsolete indications of the ochraceous basal 

 coloration. 



The variety above described is represented in the British 

 IVIuseum by specimens from Zanzibar, Tanganyika, and 

 E. Witu in Brit. E. Africa. 



Locris incarnata. 



Monecphora incarnata, Walk. List Horn. iii. p. tl77 (18ol). 

 Locris disf.anti, Schout. Ann. Soc, Ent. Belg. xlv'. p. 120 (1901). 



This species is found in the Transvaal, a habitat which 

 may, perhaps, represent the " Interior of South Africa,'' as 

 given by Walker. 



Var. — Many of the veins and a spot near costal margin in 

 the apical area of the tegmina ochraceous. 



Hab. Angola (Brit. Miis). 



Var. angolensis. 



All the sanguineous coloration replaced by ochraceous. 

 Hab. Angola (Brit. Mus.). 



