434 OETHOPTERA. 



7. CoCCOnotUS globoSUS, Brunn. (Tab. XX. figg. 26-28.) 

 Cocconotus globosus, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Pseudophyil. p. 203, t. 8. fig. 89 ( ? ). 



Major, rufo-testaceus, subtus flavicans. Antennae fusco-rufse, secundo articulo supra nigro vel nigro-pimctato. 

 Caput validum, anterius et subtus flavidum ; cranio vitta nigra, fronteque utrinque vitta nigra variabili 

 ornatis; mandibula3 apice nigrae. Pronotum supra obsolete rugulosum, cireumcirca subtiliter nigro- 

 marginatum, supra vitta nigra in medio angustata notatum ; sulcis profundis. Elytra concoloria, apice 

 anguste rotundata, frequenter reticulo pallido. Alae pallide fumosae. Femora antica et intermedia subtus 

 spinis 3-4, postica 5-6, omnibus concoloribus, armata. Tibiae anticse superne infuscatse, nonnunquam 

 annulo pallido in foraminibus ornatae ; tibiae intermedia? superne muticae. 



2 • Ovipositor validus, in medio latior, margine supero leviter undato. Lamina supra-analis quadrata. Cerci 

 breves, styliformes, acuti. Lamina infra-genitalis trigonalis, trapezina, rotundatim incisa, ejus lobi 

 spiniformes. 



c? . Abdominis segmentum 7 m in medio margine appendiceal piriformem rufum, nitidum ad anticum reversum 

 germs (fig. 27, a), per petiolum brevissimum sulco divisum vel quadrituberculatum cum segmento con- 

 junctum. Segmentum anale perpendiculariter planatum vel excavatum, rugosum, longe villosum. Lamina 

 supra-analis elongato-quadrata, villosa, basi foveolata vel tota late sulcata, a segmento anale haud vel 

 tantum per sulcum obsolete separata. Cerci subteretes, basi lati, apice graciles, incurvi, unguiculati, laminam 

 supra-analem parum superantes. Lamina infra-genitalis subparallela, angusta, profunde acutissime incisa, 

 marginibus interioribus incisurae lamellaribus, per sulcum delineatis, apice infra stylorum basin productis, 

 apice rotundatis. Styli parum longi, valde compressi vel deplanati, longe pilosi, propter processus 

 marginum interiorum laminae infra-genitalis ante ejus apicein exserti. 



Var. Femora antica et intermedia apice leviter fusceseentia. 



2 . Long. corp. 43; pronot. 10; elytr. 40; femor. post. 17'5 ; ovipos. 22 millim. 



d" . Long. corp. 41 ; pronot. 8*5 ; elytr. 33 ; femor. post. 24*5 millim. 



Figures : — Fig. 26, tbe ovipositor of the female, magnified. — Fig. 27, the apex of the abdomen of the male, 

 magniBed : s, supra-anal plate ; c, cercus ; i, infra-genital plate ; a, curious appendage of the seventh 

 segment. — Fig. 28, the appendage, magnified. 



Hah. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (Mus. Roy. Belg.; H. H. Smith), Oaxaca; 

 Guatemala {coll. Brunner). 



This is a very remarkable species : the female has a stout ovipositor ; the male has a 

 process arising from the seventh abdominal segment * and the infra-genital plate very 

 peculiarly formed, the inner margin of the latter being produced beyond the base of 

 the styli, so that these are articulated before the apex of the two branches of the 

 infra-genital plate. 



8. Cocconotus pollonerae, Griff. 



Cocconotus pollonerce, Griffini, Bollett. dei Mus. di Zool. di Torino, xi. no. 232, p. 22 (1896) ; xiii. 

 no. 319, p. 3 (1898). 



Statura modica. Testaceo-ferrugineus ; capite et pronoto supra atris. Antennae ferrugineo-brunneae, 

 articulis 2 basalibus anterius maxima ex parte nigro-fuscis. Frons hinc illinc castaneo dilute notata, et 

 utrinque macula sat magna, flavida infra antennas ornata. Epistoma flavum, punctis minimis margineque 

 supero utrinque linea parva nigra notatum. Labrum fuscum, apice testaceum, basi flavidum ; mandibulse 

 et palpi ferrugineo-testacei. Pronotum sat constrictum, sat dense, subargute, granulosum ; supra haud 



* At first sight the process looks like a parasite or some accidental development ; but it is found in all 

 individuals, and even in the male larva. In immature examples it forms only a black wart, which is not yet 

 petiolated nor thrown forwards. 



