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  mit 
  a 
  first 
  instalment 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Family 
  Peritatomidse, 
  which 
  

   was 
  so 
  nu 
  mérous 
  in 
  species 
  as 
  to 
  comprise 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  

   collection. 
  

   The 
  material 
  bas 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  folio 
  wing 
  local 
  ities 
  : 
  

  

  Gabon 
  and 
  its 
  vicinitj 
  . 
  Mons. 
  J. 
  Carradot. 
  

  

  Congo 
  Capt. 
  Van 
  Gelé 
  and 
  M. 
  V. 
  Moerenhout. 
  

  

  Lankoungou 
  .... 
  Lient. 
  Franqui. 
  

  

  Niara-Niam 
  .... 
  Herr 
  Bohndorif. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  from 
  the 
  three 
  first 
  named 
  localities 
  are 
  small, 
  

   but 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  is 
  that 
  from 
  Niam-Niam, 
  an 
  

   entomological 
  région 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  praticallj 
  knew 
  nothing. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   Rhynchota 
  of 
  Niam-Niam 
  we 
  may 
  affirm 
  that 
  its 
  relationship 
  is 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  Western 
  Africa, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   distinctive 
  spécifie 
  characters. 
  

  

  The 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  will 
  be 
  enuraerated 
  and 
  des- 
  

   cribed 
  in 
  a 
  subséquent 
  paper, 
  and 
  I 
  hâve 
  given 
  a 
  complète 
  list 
  of 
  

   the 
  species 
  with 
  their 
  habitats, 
  as 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  tropical 
  African 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  knowledge 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  desiderated 
  

   and 
  at 
  présent 
  little 
  known. 
  

  

  HETEROPTERA. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  PENTATOMIDiE. 
  

   Subfam. 
  Plataspinae. 
  

  

  Plataspis 
  punctata 
  Leach. 
  Gabon 
  (J. 
  Carradot). 
  

  

  Plataspis 
  verrucosa^\gn. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  Plataspis 
  vermicellaris 
  Stâl. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  Bracliyplatys 
  pallipes¥d^)v, 
  Congo 
  (Capt. 
  Van 
  Gelé). 
  

  

  Bracliyplatys 
  calaharica 
  Walk. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  Coptosoma 
  mihila 
  Germ. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

   Coptosoma 
  sp.? 
  near 
  Mlaris 
  Walk. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorfï). 
  

  

  Subfam. 
  Scutellerinœ. 
  

  

  SolenostetJiium 
  scTiestedii 
  Fabr. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff) 
  ; 
  Forêt 
  

  

  de 
  St-Bangai 
  (Carradot). 
  

  

  Steganocerus 
  mnltipimctatus 
  Thunb. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  Sphœrocoris 
  annulus 
  Fabr. 
  Vista-Congo 
  (V. 
  Moerenhout) 
  

  

  and 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  CryptacTus 
  cornes 
  Fabr. 
  Niam-Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  Callidea 
  dregii 
  Germ. 
  Lankoungou 
  (Lieut. 
  Franqui). 
  

  

  Eotea 
  subfasciata 
  Hope. 
  Congo 
  (Capt. 
  Van 
  Gelé), 
  Vista 
  

  

  (V. 
  Moerenhout) 
  and 
  Niam- 
  

   Niam 
  (Bohndorff). 
  

  

  