1900.] IXSLXTS AND IB LI II M DS FROM SO.M.VLIL.VND. 45 



ElJBYOOBTPHA VABIA Brainier. 



Putrla. North-west Somahtaud, Whardi Datal, July 26, 1895. 

 Oue female. Recorded from Kilimanjaro by Bruiiner. 



Coxoceph.vlid.b. 



XlPHLDIUM SOMAjll, sp. 11. 



X. natalensi Bedt. vicinum. Faatigium verticis ab antico visum 

 lateribus haud distinct* div rgentibus. Gaputet pronotum flora, 

 fasciis tribus, media lata, laterahbus angustis fuscis ornata ; 

 pronotum inerme, lobis defiexis obtuse triangularibus, marginibus 

 obliouis, vix sinuatis, callo convexo nullo. Elytra abbreviate, 

 lobiformia, pronoto breviora, testacea, margine antico infuscato. 

 Ala obliteratce. Ahilomen fusco-testaceum, utrinque jlavido- 

 bilineatum. Femora postica inermia, genibus inermibus. Pedes 

 testaceis. Ovipositor longissimus, reetissimus. Lamina sub- 

 genitatis £ tipice truncata. $ . <5 iynotus. 



Long, corporis 17*5 mm. 



,, pronoti 3*/5 



„ elytrorum 3 



,, ovipositona 



Patria. North-west Somaliland, Whardi Datal, July 26,1805. 

 One female Bpecimen. Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. 



This Bpecies differs Erom X. natalense Etedt. in its unarmed 

 knees and differently coloured head and pronotum. From 

 X. brevicercus and X. armaticeps Karsch it may be distinguished 

 by its unarmed head and pronotum. 



1 1 i;T RODIDJE. 



E lstbs [(Obicati a < lersl . 



North Central Somaliland: Haud District, Eyk ("in open plum 

 by thick bush"), July 2-4, L897. One male and one female 

 Bpecimen. 



BPAiAGOMiMua i\i.r\ i ( lerst. ). 



North Central Somaliland: Haud District, Byk, July 2 I, 

 1897. ("Open plain bj thick bush." C. V. A. P.) One male and 

 one female specimen. 



Si i:\on.L\i \r\ D B. 

 .M .' 1. 1.: i i \ OB8I ! i. \. sp. ii. 



/'< •, nitida. . I M. abominate Br. differi femoribus 



tantum spinula minima union apicem versus armatis, tibiis 



n, 'tltis injtatis. A M. mutica Br. divert femoribus spinula 



,■'■ l .") armatis, pronoto antic* quam potties vaullo 



latiut, 6- 



