188-4.] COLLECTED ON THE LOWER NIGER. 461 



Subfam. Dinidorin^e. 



7. AspoNGOPus viDUATUs, Fabr. 



A species found alike in West, South, and East Africa ; St§.l also 

 records it from Nubia, and gives the further habitats of " Syria, 

 Turcia." 



Subfam. PaYLLOCEPHALINiE. 



8. Dalsira modesta, Fabr. 



This species has hitherto been recorded from the Congo, Gaboon, 

 and Senegal. A closely allied and scarcely separable species?, D. 

 affinis, A. A S., is found in South Africa, 



Fam. C o RE I D ^E. 

 Subfam. CoreinjE. 



9. Anoflocnemis curvipes, Fabr. 



It is probable that this common species is found throughout the 

 length and breadth of the Ethiopian region. 



Fam. PyrrhocoridjE. 

 Subfam. Pyrrhocorin.^. 



10. Dysdercus superstitiosus, Fabr. 



A common tropical African species, and abundant both on the East 

 and West coasts. 



Fam. R E D u V 1 1 D -E. 

 Subfam. Acanthaspidin.e. 



11. Platymerts biguttata, Linn. 

 Previously recorded from Senegal and Sierra Leone. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Cercopid.e. 

 Subfam. Cercopin^e. 



12. LocRis RUBRA, Fabr. 



This species has hitherto being only recorded as from Senegal. 



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