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APPENDIX IV

Subsection Anthophila.

Family Apidæ.

Subfamily Megachilinæ.

Euaspis abdominalis.

  • Thynnus abdominalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 245, n. 3 (1793).

A single specimen.

Subfamily Xylocopinæ.

Xylocopa imitator.

  • Xylocopa imitator, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 351, n. 35 (1854).

One specimen.

Order HEMIPTERA.

Suborder Heteroptera.

Family Scutelleridæ.

Subfamily Arthiopterinæ

Plataspis punctata.

  • Canopus punctatus, Leach, Rowdich, Mis. Ashantee, App. p. 496 (1819); Gray, Gniffith's Anim. Kingd. xv. p. 233, pl xcii fig. 2 (1832).

A very pretty species.

Brachyplatys pallipes.

  • Cimex pallipes, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 343, n. 26 (1781).

One specimen.

Coptosoma Murrayi (?).

  • Coptosoma Murrayi, Sign., Thomson, Arch. Ent. ii. p. 271, pl. ii. fig. (1858); Stål, Hem. Afr. i. p. 9 (1864).
  • Coptosoma hirtella, Stål, Œfv. Vet.-Akad, Förh. 1858, p. 433.

One specimen only.

Subfamily Scutellerinæ.

Sphærocoris ocellatus.

  • Tetyra ocellata, Klug, Symb. Phys. v. pl. xliii. figs. 1-3 (1834).

A common species in most parts of Africa.