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Locris hi?idci, sp, n. 



Head; pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath black ; a 

 mai'ginal spot in front of each eye and narrow lateral and 

 posterior margins to pronotum sanguineous ; abdomen above 

 sanguineous, the base and some transverse fasci^e black ; 

 femora black, their apices and the whole of the tibiae san- 

 guineous ; tarsi black, with their bases sanguineous ; the 

 ventral segmental margins and the base of anal segment 

 sanguineous ; tegmina with about basal third sanguineous^ 

 followed by a central transverse stramineous fascia, remaining 

 area to apex fuscous_, where the veins are sanguineous or 

 stramineous ; wings very pale fuliginous, hyaline, the base 

 and apical margin fuscous ; pronotum punctate, not rugose; 

 tegmina densely and finely punctate, the veins on the apical 

 area prominently thickened ; face compressed, rounded in 

 front, not angularly prominent nor centrally carinate ; poste- 

 rior tibiae with a moderately strong spine at about one-third 

 from apex. 



Long., excl. tegm., 6 mm. ; exp. tegra. 17 mm. 



Hab. Brit. E. Africa ; Machakos (S. L. Hinde, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Locris neavei, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath black ; head 

 above with three marginal spots (one at apex and one in 

 front of each eye), a central longitudinal fascia to face, 

 clypeus, lateral and anterior margins to pronotum and a 

 central longitudinal fascia extending from base to middle, 

 sanguineous ; abdomen above purplish red, the segmental 

 margins paler; legs sanguineous, bases of femora, apices of 

 tibiffi, and the tarsi black ; tegmina with basal third san- 

 guineous, containing a fuscous streak on inner claval margin ; 

 this is followed by a central transverse stramineous fascia 

 much broadened on costal margin, remaining area to apex 

 black ; wings pale fuliginous, extreme base sanguineous ; 

 pronotum punctate, not rugose; tegmina densely finely 

 punctate ; face compressed, rounded, not angularly promi- 

 nent nor centrally carinate ; posterior tibiae with a strong 

 spine at about one-third from apex. 



Long., excl. tegm., 8 mm. ; exp. tegm. 19 mm. 



Hab. N.W. Uhodesia : W. of Kambove {Neave, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Locris kambovensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black ; 

 head with a testaceous marginal spot in front of each eye ; 



