Rhynchota of Sokotra. 479 
Fam. Reduviide. 
Subfam. AcanwrH4sPin#. 
Holotrichius insularis, sp. n. 
?. Dark fuscous, black beneath; antenne (excluding 
basal joint), anterior angles and carine of anterior pronotal 
lobe, lateral angles of posterior lobe, apex of scutellum, pro- 
notum above (excluding base), extreme bases of anterior 
tibiz, and a broad subbasal annulation to posterior tibiz 
brownish ochraceous; head about as long as pronotum, 
finely granulose ; eyes setose ; antennz longly setose, basal 
joint distinctly curved ; pronotum as long as broad at base, 
anterior angles tuberculously spinous, anterior lobe very 
much longer than posterior lobe, tumid, strongly sculptured, 
lateral margins convex ; posterior lobe with the lateral angles 
shortly tuberculously spinous; scutellum with the apex 
shortly, conically, laterally produced ; abdomen broad, ovate, 
posteriorly narrowed, lateral margins reflexed, above with a 
double, discal, segmental series of fuscous spots, apex fuscous ; 
legs thickly setose. 
Long., 2, 16 millim. 
Hab. Sokotra: Jena-agahan (Grant, Brit. Mus.). 
Species collected during the Balfour Expedition. 
Fam. Pentatomide. 
Brachynema Balfouri, sp. n. 
Head, pronotum, scutellum, and corium greyish white, 
thickly punctured with fuscous; head, the lateral margins, 
and an irregular transverse waved fascia to anterior area of 
pronotum with the ground-colour pale cretaceous; lateral 
margins of head (not reaching apex) and the margins of the 
central lobe piceous ; membrane pale hyaline, the veins pale 
fuliginous ; antennze, rostrum, body beneath, and legs pale 
creamy. white ; apical halves of third, fourth, and fifth joints 
of antennz, apical joint of rostrum, a spot on each lateral 
area of prosternum, two spots on each lateral area of meso- 
sternum, two subapical spots to femora, and the apices of 
the tarsi dark fuscous or piceous; abdomen beneath (ex- 
cluding disk and lateral margins) thickly darkly, somewhat 
coarsely punctate, sternum more finely punctate; legs finely 
