PERIPOLUS. 261 



Genus PERIPOLUS. 

 Peripohis, Martinez, An. Soc. Espan. xxx, 1902, p. o03. 



TrPE, CaUiptamus pedarius, Stfil. 



Range. India. 



I'astigimn of the vertex sloping, forming an obtuse angle with 

 the frontal ridge; antennae hliform. Pronotum obtusely aiigu- 

 lated before and behind, median carinse distinct, lateral carinae 

 straight, diverging beliind, or parallel, the prozona longer than the 

 nietazona. Tegmina short, lateral, rudimentary, witli the media- 

 stinal and anal areas very broad, especially the apical half of the 

 tegmina ; discoidal area narrow. Hind femora large, very stout, 

 serrated above ; hind tibiae with 8 spines on the outer and 9 on 

 the inner carina, no apical spines on the outer carina. Prosternal 

 tubercle cylindro-conical ; mesosternal lobes as broad as the 

 intermediate sfiace, with the inner border obtusely angulate, inter- 

 lobular space very narrow behind; nietasternal lobes widely 

 separated, but rather less so tlian the mesosternals. Upper part 

 of the last anal segment of the male very large; cerci of the male 

 large, compressed, with a deep concavity at the tip ; supra-anal 

 plate of the male with three hue longitudinal furrows, the lateral 

 ones converging behind, all terminating in the middle of the plate 

 in a transverse furrow ; infra-anal plate in the male forming a 

 short obtuse pubescent triangle ; supra-anal plate of the female 

 triangular, divided by a transverse furrow, and \vith another 

 longitudinal one at the base ; lower valves sinuated. 



321 . Peripohis pedarius, Stul. 



Calliptamits pedarius, Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad. Ilandl. v (4), 

 1878, p. 75. 



Yellowish ferruginous. Cheeks below, front and sides of pro- 

 notum distinctly punctured; pronotum above depressed, ratlier 

 smooth, obsoletely punctured on the hinder lobe, opaque, with a 

 very distinct u)edian carina, and distinct obtuse shiny carina? 

 traversing the lateral margins ; cheeks with a narrow postocular 

 band, and a band on the vertex, continued to the extremity of the 

 pronotum, and a lateral band on tlie sides of the abdomen above. 

 A latei-al ciu-ve on the sides of the apex of the hind femora, the 

 base of the hind femora and the greater part of the outer side of 

 the cerci all black ; hind tibife AAith 8 or 9 black-tipped spines. 

 Tegmina broadly elliptical, rudimentary, extending rather beyond 

 the median segment, with grey nervures, and a black longitudinal 

 band traversing the discoidal area. 



Lem/tJi 30-.50 nin). ; pronotum, 8-11 mm. ; tegmina, 6-8o mm, ; 

 hind femur, 19-29 mm, 



STKKi>r : Kurseong ; Assam, 



Ti/jJe in the collection of Erunner von Wattenwyl. 



