364 N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD — NEW GENUS AND SPIXIES OF CLINOCORIDAE 



the width of the eye, while some of those at the posterior portion are about as long 

 as the widtli of the eye. Seutellum transverse aud of ahiiost the same width 

 throughout, but the posterior edge is produced into a minute point in the centre 

 fitting into the elytra ; the lateral edges of the seutellum do not cover the dorsal 

 surfaces of the pleura. The elytra transverse, widest towards the suture, and 

 shortest at the sides, sutural angle completely rounded off, basal margin almost 

 straight except for being incurved at the centre, apical margin rounded. The 

 elytra bear at and near the lateral margin about ten hairs slightly longer than 

 the width of the eye. 



Prosternum glabrous in the centre of the chitiuized portion. Mesosternum 

 with a patch of hairs in the centre, besides 5 or 6 longer bristles at the lateral 

 edges. Metasternum very characteristic, lanceolate, being widest in the centre 

 aud narrowing backwards and forwards. 



The bristles of the posterior row of the abdominal tergites 1 to 5 are prolonged, 

 being more than twice the length of the anterior hairs of these tergites. The 

 bristles at the sides of the posterior tergites are short aud hardly project beyond 

 the edge of the abdomen. 



The femora are rather stout, with an irregidar row of short hairs on the upper 

 surface. All the tibiae possess a pseudo-joint at about four-fifths of their length, 

 a very distinctive character not known in any other species.* Apical tuft of 

 hair very distinct in the fore and mid-tibiae, but absent in the hind tibiae. All 

 the bristles of the tibiae are pointed and not truncate. The relative lengths of 

 the femora, tibiae, and tarsi of the hind leg are as follows : — 46 : 55 : 17. 



The eighth sternite of the male is asymmetrical, with a bunch of spine-like 

 truncate hairs situated on each side. The, female has numerous spiue-like trun- 

 cate hairs ventrally at the apex of the abdomen. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Five examples of this remarkable insect were collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, 

 CB., C.M.G., Governor of the Uganda Protectorate, on the 12th February, 

 1911, at Kilindini, near Mombasa, and were found in a house in which alterations 

 were being carried on, and which contained under the roof large munbers of the 

 '* White-winged Bat," most probably Tapliozous hildegardeae. 



* This character is absent in all the known species of Clinocokidae and is only found among 

 insects in the Polyctenidae and in some of the Nyctekibiidae, both of which are parasites of 

 bats. In the two species of Cllnocoris previously I'ecorded from bats (pipistreUi, Jenyns, and 

 pilosellus, Horvath), pseudo-joints are absent. 



