1890.] RHYNCHOTA FROM CENTRAL AFRICA. 475 



Subfam. Asopin^. 



15. Oplomus elongatus. 



Oplomus elongatus, Dall. Trans. Eat. Soc. new ser. ii. n 6 t I 

 f. 1 (1852). ^' ' ■ 



16. Platynopus rostratus. 



Cimex rostratus, Drury, III. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 59, t. 43. f. 3 (1782). 



17. Platynopus silvaticus, n. sp. 



Dark brownish ochraceous, thickly and coarsely punctate, Pro- 

 notal angles produced into stout, obtusely pointed black spines. 

 Scutellum with a large levigate ochraceous spot at each basal angle, 

 and an apical spot of the same colour. Connexivura ochraceous. 

 Body beneath brownish ochraceous, and more or less thickly punc- 

 tate. Sternum with central and lateral black suffusions ; abdomen 

 with a broad central, discal, and two narrow lateral black lascise and 

 a series of small dark stigmatal spots. Intermediate legs ochraceous, 

 femora spotted with castaneous (anterior and posterior legs muti- 

 lated). Rostrum ochraceous, its apex castaneous and reaching the 

 intermediate cox«. The punctures of the head are somewhat brassy 

 green (antennae mutilated). 



Long. 1 1 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 6 miUim. 



Subfam. Pentatomin^. 



18. Atelocera raptoria. 



Atelocerus raptorius. Germ, in Silb. Rev. v. p. 163. 8 (1837). 



19. Atelocera, sp. ? 



A species very closely allied to A. serrata, Fabr., but probably 

 distinct. 



20. Eractheus tibialis. 



Sciocoris tibialis, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 138. 21 (1851). 



21. Caura marginata. 



Caura marginata, Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. 1880, p. 150, t. v. 

 f. 5. 



22. Caura bipartita. 



Pentatoma bijiartita, Sign. Rev, et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 444. 8. 



23. ASPAVIA brunnea. 



Mormidea brunnea, Sign, in Thoms. Arch. ii. p. 281. 521 (1858). 



24. AsPAViA ingens, n. sp. 



Head ochraceous, with the lateral margins and two central longi- 

 tudinal fasciae blackish ; eyes fuscous, ocelli red. Pronotum with 

 the anterior half ochraceous, sparsely punctate, a submarginal series 

 of dark punctures, two dark patches near anterior margin, and a 



