790 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Trachypetra scutigeea. 



Foem. JFulva, crassa, albido tuberculata ; prolhorax planus, inaximus, 

 carina dorsali antice incisa et bene delerminata,lateribus stibdentatis, 

 margine poslico truncalo tridentato ; femora poslica tuberculata, 

 latissima, intus nigra, subtus rufa ; tihice poslica intus nigro-cyanece. 



Female. Tawny, very stont, thickly covered with minute whitish 

 tubercles. Head very sliort, flat above; tip of the vertex subconical ; front 

 short, erect; keels indistinct, the inner pair most apparent between the 

 sockets of the antennae. Eyes round, sliffhtiy prominent. Antenna slender, 

 filiform. Prolhorax flat, very large, with a dorsal keel wliich is notched 

 and well defined in the fore part, but nearly disappears in the hind part; 

 sides slightly dentate; tip truncated, with three more prominent teeth. 

 Legs stout, short. Hind femora tuberculate, very broad, black on the inner 

 side, red beneath. Hind tibiae much shorter than the hind femora, dark 

 blue on the inner side; spines white, with black tips. Length of the body 

 16 lines. 



a, b. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



3. Trachypetra scdtellaris. 



Mas. Pallide testacea, tuberculata, prcecedenti affinis ; prolhorax valde 

 major, carina antice humillima, laleribus convexis, margine poslico 

 truncalo sexdentalo ; femora poslica subtus nigra fimbriata ; tibia 

 poslicce intus basi nigrce. 



Male. Pale testaceous, minutely tuberculate. Head in structure like 

 that of T. scutigera. Prolhorax much larger; keel very slight in front and 

 disappearing hindward ; sides regularly curved ; tip truncate, armed with 

 six teeth. Legs stout. Hind femora shorter than those of T. scutigera, 

 black and fringed with hairs beneath. Hind tibiae black on the inner side 

 towards the base. Length of the body 12^ lines. 



It may be the male of T. scutigera. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Genus 31*. BATRACHOTETTIX. 



Batrachotettix, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 660. 



This genus and Trachypetra may be identical, but the specimen 

 described by While cannot be referred with certainty to the figure by Stoll. 



1. Batrachotettix bufo. 



, Stoll, Saut. el Grill, pi. 8 b., f. 29; pi. 13 b., f. 48— bufo, Burm. 



Handb. Ent. ii. 661. 



Cape. 



