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short, its postoculai" part distinctl)- broader than long, ver}'' slighth' narrower 

 than the width across the e}'es (9), and with a médian longitudinal furrow, 

 clypeiis rather narrowl)^ prominent, naiTOwer than the underl5nng genae, 

 antennae stouter and less distinctlj' pilose, second joint 2 '^^ times longer 

 than fîrst (fourth wanting). Hemelytra (9) not qiiite reaching apex of 

 abdomen. Anterior legs subglabrous, on the underside with an extremelj' 

 short tomentosit}'. 



Northern Nigeria (Abinsi, Dr. J. M. Dalziel). 



In the description of H. tuberculatus I said : « capite processu 

 frontal! destituto ». The clvpeus in tuberculatus is, however, also 

 somewhat produced, but broader than in tuberculiçotlis, and not 

 narrower than the underlving genae. In neither of thèse two 

 species does the clvpeus reach the middle of the first antennal 

 joint, nor is the clvpeus freelv prominent beyond the genae as in 

 H. cornifrons Bergr. 



SYNONYMICAL NOTES ON AFRICAN REDUVIIDAE. 



1. Breddinia Bergr. — Varela described in 1905 two new 

 species under the names Breddinia lobata and B. gracilis. To 

 judge from the descriptions, neither of them belongs to this genus. 



2. Domnus StÂl. — In determining some species of this 

 genus I find that Distant has described an Eastafrican species 

 under the name D. coloratus. As it is said to hâve the « first joint 

 of antennae a Utile longer than head » and the latéral margins of 

 the fourth and fifth abdominal segments « somewhat lobately pro- 

 duced », it has clearlvnothing to do with the genus Domnus which 

 has the first antennal joint much longer than the head, and the 

 latéral margins of the abdomen evenly rounded with no segment 

 lobate, and which is easily recognized from ail allied gênera by 

 the remarkable structure of the middle femora. 



3. The genus Bequaertia Schout. is identical with Peprius 

 Stâl, of which I also know an undescribed species. Ail three 

 species [nodulipes Sign., bukamensis Schout., and the new one) 



