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verse spot to posterior latéral pronotal margins, a spot at basai angles of 

 scutellimi, a smaller narrow médian basai spot (often wanting), a transverse 

 médian spot, and apex of scutellum, a narrow costal spot near base of corium, 

 a spot before middle of mesocorium, a large transverse subapical spot to 

 corium, and an apical fascia to connesival segments ; the triangular médian 

 spot of the anterior pronotal lobe and often also the médian scutellar spot 

 tinged with sanguineous, ail other spots more or less tinged with orange. 

 Dorsnm of abdomen black. Wings gre}àsh black. Under side of head dark 

 blue, inner margin of juga, a spot to autenniferous tubevcles, and bucculae 

 white, antennae and rostrum black, base of second rostral joint narrowly 

 whitish; sterna black in the middle, pleurae dark blue, anterior margin of 

 prosternum (escept behind ej'es), mesosternal keel, ail acetabula, a spot 

 before intermediate acetabula, orificia, exterior margin of mesopleurae, and 

 posterior margin of metapleurae (sometimes also of mesopleurae) white, a 

 large oblong latéral spot to propleurae, and often a small médian spot to 

 ail pleurae orange-yellow, anterior^half of corial epipleurae dark blue, poste- 

 rior half orange-yellow. Venter pale flavous with a rectangular dark blue 

 spot at the basai angles of the segments reaching beyond their middle, a 

 sublateral somewhatsinuous longitudinal sanguineous band, and two broadly 

 distant bluish or greenish black discal vittae more or less interrupted in each 

 segment and broadly confluent in the sixth segment, génital segrnent black, 

 that of the female variegated with flavous. Legs bluish black, troclianters 

 and adjacent parts of femora and coxae white, femora and tibiae more or 

 less streaked with white. Head above ver}' distinctl}^ though not densely 

 punctate, second joint of antennae much shorter thau third, rostrum reaching 

 hind coxae. Pronotum divided across the middle by a strongly punctured 

 transverse furrow which is narrowly interrupted in the middle and curved 

 forward before reaching the latéral margins which are straight; anterior lobe 

 impunctate, posterior lobe remotely but rather strongl}'' punctate. Scutellum 

 sparsely punctate, postfrenal part rather narrow, ver}'' fînely and remotely 

 punctulate, frena reaching beyond middle of scutellum. Pleurae punctate 

 except in the subelevated médian area. Hemel3^tra slightly passing apex of 

 abdomen, corium rather thickly punctate, exocorium more strongl}^ so. 

 Abdomen with the apical angles of the segments a little prominent, venter 

 smooth, sixth maie ventral segment rather broadl)^ rounded at base. Length, 

 O* 6.5 mm., 9 7-8.5 mm. 



Uganda (Entebbe, C. C. Gowdey). 



AUied to ^. iiiirahile Sign. from Madagascar, but with the head 

 punctate (almost impunctate in mirabile), pronotal transverse 

 furrow less broadly interrupted in the middle, broader postfrenal 

 part of the scutellum, somewhat shorter hemelvtra with the mem- 



