BLATTAUl/E. 1©3 



Female. Black, cloiiffate-oval, convex, smootli, shining. Head hardly 

 extending beyond the prothn'ax ; a dot on each side of the front, sockets 

 of the antennae and fore border tawny. Eyes livid, wide apart. Antennas 

 dark red, slender, black towards the base. Prothorax a little longer than 

 half its breadth, very thinly punctured in the middle, where there is an 

 indistinct scutcheon-shaped figure, minutely tuberculate on each side ; fore 

 border slightly truncated; sides rounded; hind border hardly rounded. 

 Mesothorax and metaihotax with markings like those of the prothorax, the 

 separation of the wings from them slightly indicated; hind angles not 

 elongated. Abdominal segments smooth in the middle, tuhercnlate on each 

 side and along the hind border; sixth and seventh segments and supra-anal 

 lamina wholly tuberculate, the latter notched and serrated ; under side dark 

 red in the disk ; subanal lamina tawny. Cerci nearly linear, rather slender, 

 Legs robust, moderately long; coxiB and femora mostly dark red, the 

 former bordered with yellow, the latter with numerous stout teeth; tarsi 

 tawny towards the tips; arolia large. Length of the body 12^—134 

 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



b. New South Wales. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Sect. 15. 



40. PoLYZOSTERIA PURPUREA. 



Foem. Saturate purpurea, optica, confertissime punctatu, subtus nigra 

 nitens ; caput margine antico albo ; palpi albi,apice nigri; prothorax 

 subconicus, maeulis duahiis dhcoidalihus ochraceis anguslis ; lamina 

 supra-onalis integrn ; cerci nigri, lanceolali, breviusculi ; pedes breveSy 

 crassi, femoribus setosis. 

 Female. Dark purple, convex, elongate, widening hindward, dull, 

 very thickly and minutely punctured, black, shining and less thickly 

 punctured beneath. Head extending neailv to the fore border of the pro- 

 thorax ; fore border white. Eyes livid, wide apart. Palpi white; third 

 joint black. Prothorax somewhat conical or longer than half its breadth ; 

 two longitudinally elongated slightly converging ochraceous spots in the 

 <lisk; fore border slightly truncated; hind border very slightly rounded. 

 Mesothorax having on each side a rudimentary coriaceous keeled fore wing 

 which slightly exceeds it in length. Metathorax with the hind angles 

 slightly elongated. Supr.i-anal lamina entire. Cerci black, stout, lanceo- 

 late, rather short. Legs short, thick; femora setose; arolia large. Length 

 of the body 9 lines. 



a. ? 



Sect. 16. 



41. PoLYZOSTERlA TEERANEA. 



Mas. Picea, fusiform is, opaca ; caput nigrum, prothoracem non svperans ; 

 thorax subtuberculalus, latcribus Late ferrugineis, marginibus poslicis 

 sat tuberculatis ; prothorax bisulcaivs, murgine antico non trunrato, 

 margine postico recto ; mesolhoracis et metalhoracis angiili poslici 

 producti ; segmenta abdominalia marginibus poslicis sat tuberculatis, 

 angulis posticis acutis ; lamina supra-analis incisa; pedes crassi, 

 breviusculi. 



