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Genus ZARYTES. 



Zarytes, Bolivar, Bol. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. iv, 1904, p. 456 ; id.. 

 Gen. Ins., Orth. Acrid. Pyrg. 1909, pp. 27, 32. 



Type, Pyrciomorpha squalina, Bol. 



Mange, India. 



Long and slender, wings rudimentary. Head conical ; fastigium 

 of the A'ertex slightly contracted, rounded in front, not longer 

 than the eye, and carinated above ; front very oblique, frontal 

 ridge compressed between the antennae, and sulcated ; sides of 

 face with an oblique row of granules. Antennae rather long and 

 thick, triquetral at the base, brown, inserted between the eyes, 

 which are oblong. Pronotum somewhat compressed, slightly 

 emarginate dorsal !y in front, rounded behind; tricarinate, with 

 tlie lateral carina; distinctly arched before the middle, the typical 

 sulcus placed behind the middle ; deflexed lobes scarcely higher 

 behind, traversed within by an oblique branch from the carinae 

 of the metazona ; the lower margin straight, entire, rectangular 

 behind, the hind border somewhat excised. Tegmina lanceolate, 

 only slightly longer than the intermediate femora, ovei'lapping 

 on the inner edge ; wiugs very short. Prosternum slightly 

 tumid in front ; metasternum with a trapezoidal space between 

 ihe lobes, not twice as broad as the lobes. Legs compressed, 

 front femora of male slightly thickened, hiiid tibite with no outer 

 terminal spine. Abdomen compressed, obtusely carinated above 

 valves of the ovipositor sinuated. 



212. Zarytes squalina, BoL 



Pi/r(/omorpJu( squalina, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Espan. xiii, 1884, pp. 422, 

 "423, 495 ; id., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, p. 606. 



Eeddish, green, or light brown, with rudimentary wings. Front 

 oblique, bisinuate ; fastigium prominent, with the median carina 

 continuous ; antenna) ensiform or triquetral at the base, cylindrical 

 beyond, inserted scarcely before the eyes, and black or reddish ; 

 head with one row of tubercles behind each eye. Pronotum sub- 

 cylindrical, with the lateral carinse almost parallel : the lateral 

 lobes rugose, hardly sinviated, but rectangular behind, the lower 

 margin narrowly sinuated ; yellow, or with a black (or in the green 

 specimens, reddish) lateral band on the sides of the pronotum, 

 passing over the coxae and the lower half of the hind femora ; the 

 outer or lower half of the lateral lobes, as well as the meso- and 

 meta-thoracic pleurae are pale. Tegmina narrow, lanceolate, hardly 

 extending to the middle of the abdomen. Prosternum angulated 

 in the middle. Hind femora slender; hind tibiae with no outer 

 terminal spine. 



Leufitli 18-30 mm.; tegmina, 4-o-7'5 mm.; hind femur, 8"5- 

 11 mm. 



Maukas : Madura. 



