158 CATALOGUE OF 



Ftmalc, Greenish black, oval, convex, dull, thickly and minutelj 

 punctured. He.id concealed ; sockets of the antenniE and palpi testaceous. 

 Eyes livid, hardly remote from each other. Anlennge black. Hind angles 

 of the thorax elongated and acute. Prolliorax short-conical, longitudinally 

 and strongly rugulose in the disk, tubercuiale along the hind border; sides 

 and fore border testaceous, much reflexed, forming a broad grooved rim 

 which is edged with black ; an irregular stripe, two oblique streaks and two 

 posterior angular marks testaceous ; hind border sliyhlly rounded. Meso- 

 thorax and metathorax with the same marks that appear on the proihorax, 

 but less concise. Abdomen above with numerous irregular testaceous dots; 

 under side with two lateral rows of testaceous dots; supra-anal lamina 

 entire ; styles black, testaceous towards the tips. Cerci pale testaceous, 

 short. Legs j>ale testaceous, stout ; rather short; femora black; fore femora 

 with many minute spines; posterior femora with a few larger spines ; tibiae 

 with black spines; arolia large. Length of the body 9-10 lines, 



«. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 

 0, Sftan River. From Dr. Bacon's collection. 



30. PoLYZOSTERIA FERRUGINEA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, subconvexa, elliplica, sublilisaime punctata, sitblus 

 rufa ; proihorax slrigis duubus lateratibus flavis obliquis ; mesolhorax 

 guttis duabus anlicis testaceis ; metathorax lateribus testaceis,arigulis 

 posticis subproductis ; abdomen subtuberculatum, lateribus saturate 

 rufis, lamina supra-anali incisa ; pedes ru/i, robnsti, coxis posteriori- 

 bus nigro Jiavoque marginalis. 



Male. Ferruginous, elliptical, slightly convex, extremely minutely 

 punctured, red beneath. Proihorax nearly semicircular, with some large 

 punctures along the sides and with an oblique yellow streak on each side 

 in front; fore border hardly truncated; sides rounded; bind border very 

 slightly rounded. Mesothorax and metathorax thinly and largely punctured. 

 Mesothorax with a testaceous dot on ench side of the fore border. Meta- 

 thorax testaceous on each side, its hind angles slightly elongated, but more 

 so than those of the mesothorax. Abdomen above slightly luberculate, 

 dark reddish along each side; supra-anal lamina notched ; styles distinct. 

 Cerci lanceolate, moderately long. Legs red, stout, moderately long; 

 femora with short slender spines ; posterior coxae bordered with black and 

 with pale yellow; arolia large. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



31. PoLYZOSTERIA GEOCHROMA. 



Mas. Sordide ochrucea, elliptica, subti/issime punctata, subtuberculata, 

 nigricanle nebuiosa ; caput nigrum, proiktiracem non supcrans, 

 verlicc margineque antico fulvis ; prothorax testaceo inlerrupte 

 marginalus ; mesothorax et metathorax angulis pusiicis subproductis ; 

 venter fulvus, nigricanle bivittatus; cerci testacei, breves, basi nigri ; 

 pedes fulvi, crassi, breves. 



Male. Elliptical, dull ochraceous, nearly flat, very thickly and 

 minutely punctured, slightly tubercuiale, mostly shaded with blackish, 



