442 Mr. W. L. Distant 07i some 



lateral margins also crenulate or dentate ; scutellum trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; corium finely and indistinctly punctate ; 

 posterior femora strongly incrassate in ^ , shortly, centrally, 

 tuberculonsly produced beneath and shortly spined beneath 

 at apex, in $ only moderately tliickened and spined beneath 

 at apex; posterior tibiaj in J* moderately dilated but not 

 toothed. 



Long., (J 16, ? 20 mm. ; exp. pronot. angl., c? 6, ? 

 7^ mm. 



E. Ruwenzori. 



Allied to M. antinorii, Leth., but with the pronotal angles 

 much less developed, and more laterally and less anteriorly 

 produced, their apices also more rounded and obtuse. 



Genus Acanthomia. 

 Acanthomia, Stfil, En. Hem. iii. p. 82 (1873). 



Acantliomia insignis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum piceous ; head with two 

 central greyish lines commencing somewhat near together at 

 base and extending to the bases of the antennae, a similar 

 line on each lateral margin passing inner margins of eyes ; 

 basal joint of antennae castaneous, about as long as pronotum, 

 much longer than second joint, which is ochraceous, re- 

 maining joints mutilated in type ; pronotum somewhat 

 greyishly piceous, with three discal longitudinal greyish lines, 

 finely greyishly pilose, and with a few scattered very profound 

 dark punctures, lateral angles horizontally spinously pro- 

 duced, their apices slender and smooth, shining black, at 

 about middle of anterior lateral margins a shorter suberect 

 black spine; scutellum moderately raised, with a central 

 greyish line ; corium ochraceous, two longitudinal series of 

 black punctures in clavus, a black line before clavus which 

 is apically deflected to apical margin, and a submarginal 

 black line which does not reach base; membrane greyish, 

 with the veins piceous; connexivum piceous, the marginal 

 spines black and posteriorly directed ; body beneath and 

 legs chocolate-brown, the tibia3 and tarsi ochraceous, bases of 

 tibise black; rostrum with the basal joint just passing eyes, 

 second joint reaching the anterior coxas and about equal in 

 length to fourth joint, third a little shorter than first; pro- 

 sternum palely pilose and coarsely punctate j abdomen with 

 oblique greyish lines on each lateral area. 



Long;. 9 mm. 



