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Sect. 18. 



43. POLYZOSTERIA LATIPES. 



Mas. Nigra, longi-ovala, subtusfulva ; caput prolhoracem paullo superans, 

 margine antico palpisque tentiiceis ; oculi invicem remoti ; prothorax 

 margine antico truncato,luleribus lenuisxime fulvis,margine poslico sub- 

 rolundalo ; tnesolhoracis et metatlioracis anguli poslici perparum pro- 

 ducli ; abdomen apicem versus opacum subtubercutalum seymentis 

 riifo marginalis ; cerci brevissimi ; pedes fiiivi. Var. /3. — Vertex 

 rufus ; antennte picece, basi testacece. 



Male. Black, elongate-oval, convex, smooth, shining, tawny beneath. 

 Head extending a little beyond the prothorax; sockets of the antennae, 

 space about the mouth and palpi testaceous. Eyes wide apart. Antennae 

 tawny towards the base. Thorax with a very narrow tawny border on each 

 side. Prothorax thickly punctured, short-conical, or a little longer than 

 half its breadth ; fore border truncated; sides and hind border slightly 

 rounded. Mesothorax and metathorax with the hind angles much rounded, 

 very slightly elongated. Abdomen broader than the thorax; segments 

 from the fourth to the seventh and supra-anal lamina dull, very slightly 

 tuberculate, with dark red hind borders; under side piceous, with a reddisli 

 disk ; supra-anal lamina very slightly notched ; styles distiuct. Cerci very 

 short. Legs tawny, short, thick, broad; femora setose; tibiae with very 

 long spines; arolia small. Var. /3. — Vertex red. Antennae piceous, 

 testaceous towards the base. Mesothorax and metathorax with the hind 

 angles more elongated. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



44. PoLYZOSTERIA CONGRUA. 



Foem. Picea, fusiformis, subpunclata ; caput nigrum, prothoracem vix 



superans, margine antico palpis<fue fulvis ; oculi invicem remoti ; 



anlennce saturate rafcE; prothorax latitudinis dimidio paullo longior, 



margine antico subtruncato, margine postico recto; lamina supra- 



analis divisa ; cerci brevissimi; pedes ruji, robusti, aroliis parvis ; 



alcB anticcB minima, quadratcB. 



Female. Piceous, convex, fusiform, shining, thinly and minutely 



punctured. Head black, hardly extending beyond the fme border of the 



prothorax; fore border and palpi tawny. Eyes testaceous, wide apart. 



Antennae dark red. Prothorax a little longer than half its breadth ; not 



much narrower in front than along the hind border; fore border slightly 



truncated ; sides slightly rounded, not reflexed ; hind border straight. 



Abdomen much longer than the thorax ; supra-anal lamina bilobed. 



Cerci extremely short. Leys red, stout, moderately long; femora armed 



with stout spines ; (irst tarsal joint longer than the three following together ; 



arolia small. Fore wings rudimentary, quadrate. Length of the body 



8 lines, 



a. Congo, Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



