— 451 — 



reddish basai ring, basai joint not reaching apex of head, second and third 

 subequal in length (fiftli joint -n-anting, probably coloiKed as fourth ). Prono- 

 tum in the middle a little longer than head, latéral margins straight^ latéral 

 angles slighth" prominent. Hemelytra somewhat passing apex of abdomen, 

 corium reaching base of sixth connesiral segment, membrane gie^-ish testa- 

 ceous, more or less infuscated towards base, the veins blackish, interrupted 

 bv the giound-colourof the membrane behind the middle. Abdomen beneath, 

 escepting the smooth middle, finely and verj- remoteh" punctured, some- 

 what more densely so in the sublateral brownish vitta and its latéral fasciate 

 oifshoots, the pale ochraceous area between thèse latéral fasciae impunctate, 

 sixth maie ventral segment in the middle a little shorter than the three 

 preceding segments taken together, its apical margin bordered with a short 

 rugulose membrane, maie génital segment deeply transversely impressed 

 behind the middle, the whole apical margin obtusangularl}- sinuate and 

 thickly setose. Legs blackish, coxae, trochanters, more than basai half of 

 femora, and a broad annulation to tibiae (nearer to base than to apex) reddish 

 ochraceous. Length (without membrane), cf 14. 5-15 mill. 



Nyasaland (Mlanji Borna, 2,400 ft., S. A. Neave). 



x^llied to H. praetoria Gerst., but differently coloured, second 

 antennal joint much longer, etc. 



4. — Halyomorpha angusticeps n. sp. 



Above ^vhitish ochraceous, in'egularly punctured ^vith black, the punc- 

 tures in many places condensed into larger and smaller spots, about six black 

 vittae to the posterior half of the pronotum and two large transverse black 

 basai spots to scutellum being more prominent, head above black with the 

 latéral margins, inner margin of juga, and margins of ch^peus narrowly pale 

 ochraceous, and \vith three long and four short longitudinal lines of the same 

 colour, the long sublateral lines reaching from ocelli to near apex of juga, 

 the long médian line from base of head to base of clypeus, one short line on 

 each side placed close to the e^-e, the other between the médian and sub- 

 lateral long line, latéral margins of pronotum sangumeous, anterior half of 

 pronotum with four round callous spots, placed in a transverse row, and a 

 médian line pale ochraceous, scutellum ^vith five irregular pale ochraceous 

 basai spots, the outermost of vrhich is larger and touching the small black 

 fovea at the basai angles, the médian spot emitting a pale ochraceous Une 

 to the apex, corium with an impunctate area at the apex of the rimula, 

 connexivum densely punctate, greenish black with a médian pale ochraceous 

 fascia widening exteriorh* where it occupies the whole latéral margin; 

 beneath pale dingy testaceous, each ventral segment with a still paler trian- 



