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HETEROPTERA. 



Fam. Pentatomid^, 



Subfam. ScUTELLERINiE. 



Cryptacbus comes. 



Tetyra comes Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 130. 8 (1803). 



Var. Dist. Ent. Monthl. Mag. xiv. p. 75 (1877). 



Mt. Ruwenzori. 



Resembling the variety I described from the Oamaroons (supra), 

 but with slight traces of an ochraceous subapical fascia to the 

 scutellum. A highly variable and widely distributed species 

 found all over tropical and subtropical Africa. 



Subfam. Dinidgrin^. 

 Oyclopelta tristis. 



Binidor tristis Stal Hem. Afr. i. p. 212 (1864). 

 Mts. Ruwenzori and Entebbe. 

 A species hitherto known only from West Africa. 



ASPONGOPUS LIVIDUS. 



Aspongopus lividus Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi. p. 315 

 (1898). 



Var. Abdomen above testaceous. 



Mt. Ruwenzori. 



In typical specimens described from Nyasaland the abdomen 

 above is dark olivaceous, I can, however, discover no other differ- 

 ential characters. 



Aspongopus nigro-violaceus. 



Pentatoma nigro-violacea Pal. Beauv. Ins. p. 83, Hem. pi. 7. 

 fig. 4 (1805); Dist. Ent. Month. Mag. xv. p. 10 (1878). 

 Mt. Ruwenzori. 

 A species hitherto recorded only from West Africa. 



Fam. CoREiD^. 



Subfam. Mictin^e. 

 Anoplocnemis tristator. 



Lygceus tristator Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 206 (1803). 

 Mt. Ruwenzori. 

 A West- African species. 



Fam. Pyrrhocorid^. 

 Subfam. Pyrrhocorin^. 

 Odontopus notabilis, sp. n. 

 Ochraceous ; antennse black ; head, basal joint and base of 



