164 CATALOGUE OF 



Male, Piceous, fusiform, dull, nearly flat. Head black, extending 

 nearly to the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes red, wide apart. Antennse 

 black. Thorax with a few small tubercles, broadly ferruginous on each 

 side, testaceous beneath, hind borders of the three divisions with more con- 

 spicuous tubercles. Prothorax as long as half its breadth, with a slight 

 oblique furrow oa each side of the disk ; fore border not truncated ; sides 

 rounded; hind border straight. Mesothorax and metathorax with the 

 hind angles elongated but not acute. Abdomen with longitudinally 

 elongated tubercles on the hind borders of the segments ; hind angles of 

 the latter elongated and acute; supra-anal lamina deeply notched ; styles 

 distinct. Cerci lanceolate, slightly ascending, rather short. Legs thick, 

 rather short; femora with a few short slender spines ; tibiic and tarsi lawny ; 

 arolia large. Length of the body 10^ lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Sect. 17. 



42. POLTZOSTEEIA PANESTHOIDES. 



Mas. Fulva, elliplica, convexa, puree et aspere punctata; eapztt piceo 

 quinque nolatum; antennee nigrce, bast fulvw, apices versus testaceo 

 fasciata, corporis dimidio non longiores ; prothorax caput sat 

 siipcrans, plaga discoidali nigra maxima poslice excavata, margine 

 anlico lalerilusque rejlexis, margine poslico fere recto ; mesothorax 

 et metathorax nigra maculati el transverse strigali ; pectus nigra 

 nolatum ; abdomen nigrum, fulvo marginatum, apice subincisum, 

 ventre fulvo nigricante-plagialo ; pedes breves, crassi, spinis nigris ; 

 alee minimce. 



Male. Tawny, elliptical, convex, shining, thinly and roughly 

 punctured. Head with a piceous patch in the disk and with two piceous 

 spots on each side. Eyes black, very wide apart. Antennae black, sub- 

 mouiliform, minutely selulose, not more than half the length of the body, 

 tawny at the base, with a broad testaceous band near the tip. Prothorax 

 somewhat parabolic, extending somewhat beyond the head, with a very 

 large discoidal black patch which is very much excavated on the hind side ; 

 fore border and sides reflexed, regularly rounded; hind border almost 

 straight. Mesothorax and metathorax with a few black spots and trans- 

 verse black streaks. Pectus with some black marks on each side. Abdomen 

 black, tawny-boidered ; under side lawny, darker towards the tip and with 

 blackish patches on each side; subanal lamina very slightly notched. 

 Certi black, very short ; tips tawny. Legs short, thick ; tibiae with black 

 spines; soles of the tarsal joints dingy whitish. Wings rudimentary, 

 covering tlie sides of the mesothorax and of the metathorax. Fore wings 

 black, very minutely punctured, tawny towards the fore border and along 

 part of the hind border. Length of the body 17 lines. 



a. Jamaica. Prestuled by Major Parry. 



