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ON A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF CLINOCORIDAE 
(CIMICIDAE) FROM UGANDA. 
By tHe Hon. N. Cuarves Roruscaivp, M.A., F.L.S. 
LOXASPIS, gen, noy. 
Reflexed margin of pronotum very narrow. Scutellum transversely oblong, 
produced into a small point in the centre of the hind margin. Elytra transverse, 
widest towards the suture. Tibia with a pseudo-joint at about four-fifths. 
Genotype: L. mirandus, sp. nov. 
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Fic. 1.—Head and thorax of Loxaspis mirandus, Roths. 
Loxaspis mirandus, Sp. Nov. 
Head, thorax, elytra, abdomen and legs densely covered with very fine hairs 
inserted in pits ; colour dark brown. 
Head (without labrum) one-fifth shorter than the pronotum, and standing well 
out from it. Relative lengths of joints of antennae as follows :—6 : 28 : 24 : 24, 
the third and fourth joints being of about the same thickness. The rostrum 
when at rest extends to the middle of the anterior coxae. 
Pronotum at the apex not sinuate, almost truncate, and of equal width through- 
out, the sides being slightly incurved ; anterior angles slightly produced but not 
reaching half-way towards the eye; posterior edge also truncate; explanate 
margin narrow, slightly reflexed and of the same width all round except at the 
apical angle, where it is very slightly widened; the marginal hairs of the pro- 
notum differ in length, those at the anterior portion being slightly shorter than 
Buu, Env. ResEarcH, Vol. I., Pt. 4. 
