178 PYRGOMOJRPHIN^. 



Genus ANARCHITA. 



Anarchita, Bolivar, Bol. Soc. Espail. Hist. Nat. iv, 1904, p. 459; 

 id., Gen. Ins., Ortli. Acrid. Pyrg. 1909, pp. 27, 33. 



Type, Pyrfjomorpha aj)tera, Bol. 



Range. S. India. 



Slender, subfnsiform, apterous. Head conical, longer than the 

 pronounn, horizontally produced ; fastigium horizontal, as long as 

 the eye, terapora separated in front only b}^ a short suture ; front 

 very oblique, bisinuate, costal ridge finely sulcated, but much 

 compressed and entire between the anteunse. Antennse short, 

 filiform, triquetral, but not dilated at the base, and inserted 

 between the eyes ; basal joints 3-6 subquadrate and subdilated 

 in the male, in the female subtraiisverse and slightly expanded. 

 Eyes oblong ; cheeks with one oblique row of granules. Pro- 

 notum short, sinuated before and behind, the median carina 

 slightly indicated, and interrupted by the principal sulcus much 

 beyond the middle, the intermediate sulcus interrupted and 

 curved forwards ; the lateral carinte of the prozona parallel, 

 and slightly curved inwards, those of the metazona diverging in 

 front, and obliquely traversing the lateral lobes ; deflexed lobes 

 slightly expanded behind, the lower margin bisinuate, the hinder 

 angle obtuse. Legs very short ; four front femora ridged, the 

 intermediate ones scarcely extending to the base of the hind 

 femora; the hind femora shorter than the abdomen, ^ith the 

 externo-median area ridged, and the lower outer area slightly 

 expanded ; hind tibiae with rounded spines, and no outer terminal 

 spine ; tarsi very short. Prosternum tumid in front ; mesosternal 

 lobes separated by a curved trapezoidal space, broader behind; 

 metasternal foveolae separated by a transverse space. Abdomen 

 longitudinally striated ; valves of the ovipositor sinuated. 



213. Anarchita aptera, Bol. 



FyrqomorpJia aptera, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 p". 607. 



Gj-reen or grey, granulate-punctate. Pront oblique, head 

 pointed, with an oblique line of pale granules behind each eye ; 

 fastigium carinulatod above, roundly truncate in front. Antennae 

 reddish, brown towards the tip. Pronotum slightly granulose 

 above, sinuated in the middle behind, with the hinder lobe very 

 short, the lateral carinae of the prozona rather indistinct, inflexed 

 in the middle, those of the metazona very oblique, often red ; the 

 deflexed lobes granulated, pale externally, sinuated, the hinder 

 angle obtuse, excavated. Tegmina and wings absent. Prosternum 

 with the front margin very slightly reflexed, and indistinctly 

 angulated in the middle. Legs concolorous. Abdomen multi- 



