436 Trmisactions of the South African Philosoi^hical Society. 



with a broad series of punctures, anterior lobe moderately tumid ; 

 scutellum long, triangular, slightly tumid, its lateral margins 

 distinctly retiexed ; corium profoundly sinuate near inner angle of 

 apical margin, the membrane being thus broadly truncate at 

 base. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Hex Eiver. 



" Under leaves and rubbish that had collected among the tufts of 

 grass under some willows growing along the banks of the Hex Eiver " 

 (C. W. Mally). 



The first African species described of this genus already recorded 

 from the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental regions. 



HYDROMETRID^. 



Angilla germari, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, antennae, rostrum, coxae, and legs ochraceous ; 

 eyes, a spot between them, two spots on anterior area of pronotum, 

 body beneath, apex of rostrum, apex of second and the whole of the 

 remaining joints of antennae, black or fuscous ; hemelytra brownish- 

 ochraceous, with an oblique basal streak and a few small apical spots 

 greyish-white ; antennae pilose, the first, third, and fourth joints sub- 

 equal in length, the second a little shortest, tarsi about equal in 

 length, their apices piceous. 



Long 4J mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Caledon (S. Afr. Mus. and Coll. Dist.). 



