1884.] COLLECTED ON THE LOWER NIGER. 461 



Subfam. Dinidorin^e. 



7. Aspongopus viduatus, Fabr. 



A species found alike in West, South, and East Africa ; Still also 

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

 Turcia." 



Subfam. PhyllocephalinyE. 



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. Coreida 

 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. Pyrrhocorid^e. 

 Subfam. Pyrrhocorin^e. 



10. Dysdercus superstitiosus, Fabr. 



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

 and West coasts. 



Fam. Reduviid^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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