42 MB. C. T. A. PEEL AXD (OTTERS ON [Jail. 23, 



superantes, basi incrassata. Lam inn supraanalis <5 obhmga. 

 C'crci J longi, teretes, aeuminati, apice mucronati. Lamina 

 8vbgenitali$ & elongata, triangulariter emarginata, eercos hand 

 guperans. 6 • 



6. 



Long, pronoti 12*5 mm. 



„ corporis 4 



„ alarum 23*75 



,, elytrorum 14*75 



Lat. elytrorum medio 2*75 



Long, feruorum posticarum 10 



Patria. North-west Somaliland, Whardi Datal, July 20, 1895. 

 One male. Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. 



This species comes nearest to Ph. nana Charp., but may be 

 distinguished by the absence of the basal spots of the elytra, which 

 also separates it from Ph. quadripunctata Br. The minute black 

 dota all over the body resemble those of Leptophyes punctatissima, 

 Bosc. 



M.HITIT8A, gen. nov. 



In tribum Terpnistriarum locandum. tf ignotus. 

 Fastigium verticis sulcatum et compressum. Frons Lrevis, per- 

 pendicularis. Oculi valde globosi. Pronotum seUaforme, disco 

 antice elevatum, obtusum, postia deplanato, margine ipso sub- 

 elevato, rotundato, carimis later alibu$ null is ; lobis deflexis 

 altioribus quam longioribus, marginibus rotundatis. Elytra 

 angusta, paullo ante medium latiora, dehinc attenuata, margine 

 pogtico sinuato, apice oblique truncata ; vena; 2 radiales sub- 

 contigua, apicem versus divergenteg, ramig 1—3 vena idnaris 

 conjunctis, ramo ultimo in marginem apicalem elytri ecurrente ; 

 vena ulnaria a vena radiali valde remota, in marginem pogticum 

 elytri deflexa, ramog nonnullos furcatog albo-circumdatos venom 

 radialem versus emiiteng, quorum postremi ramig vena 

 radialis conjuncti ; campus analis basi latu.s-, dehine angustis- 

 simus, venidis rectis transversis plurimig instructis, in tertia 

 parte apicali elytri evanescens; campus marginalis latus, 

 ad, conjunction m vena radialis anteriorig cum margine antico 

 productus ; intra marginem per totam longitudinem elytra 

 anguste decolor, hyalinus. Ala elytris longiores. Coxa antica 

 spina nulla instructa. Femora omnia teretes, pogtica subtuS 

 sp&nulis 3 armata, lohis genicularibus aeuminatis; tibia antica 

 et intermedia compressor, margine pogtico spinalis minimis 

 armata. Tibia antica utrinque foramine aperto, o/dongo, 

 instructa; tibia pogtica per totam longitudinem utrinqn,; sujn-a 

 spinis albidis, apice rufescentibus. armata. Mesa- et meta- 

 sternum lobis obtusis instructa. Ovipositor satis magnus, sensim 

 incurvis, ajiice obtusus, valvula superiore minime crenulato, 

 valvulam inferiorem muticam super ans. §. 

 This genus may be at once separated from Terpnistria StU by 

 the unspined pronotum and unlobed legs. The unarmed coxae 



