168 OATAr.OGUE OF 



broadly blackish. Legs brown, rather short and slender ; femora unarmed ; 

 tibiae and tarsi whitish, tlie former with short spines, the latter bruwa 

 towards the tips. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by R. Trinien, Esq. 



Sect. — ? 



49. PoLYZOSTERIA GeISSEI. 



Polyzosteria Geissei, Philippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt. Naturwiss. xxi. 222. 

 Santiago. 



60. Polyzosteria Valdiviana. 

 Polyzosteria Valdiviana, Fhilippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt. Naturwiss. xxi. 222' 

 Santiago. 



Fam. 2. PERISPH^.RID^. 



Genus 1. PERISPH^RIA. 



Perisphaera, Serv. Rev. 17. Hist. Orlh. 132 — Perisphseria, Burm. Handh. 

 Ent. ii. 483. Fisch. Orlh. Eur. 94. 



Sect. 1. Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 484. 

 1. Perisph>eria cinoulata. 

 cingulata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 484. 



Var? — Fcera. Nigra, crassa, convexa, fusiformis, dense et subtiliter 

 punctata; caput piceum, prothoracem sat superans, maryine anlico 

 rufo ; oculi invicem valde remoli ; palpi fulvi ; antennce basi rufce ; 

 prothorax trapezoidalis, margins antico truncato, lateribus fulvis 

 nigra maculatis, margine poslieo subsinuato ; abdomen fulvo 

 marginatum, apice integrum ; cerci nulli ; pedes obscure rufi, breves, 

 robusti, tibiis tarsisque testaceis, ilLis nigro spinosis. 



Female. Black, thick, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured, very 

 convex above, less convex beneath. Head piceous, extending somewhat 

 beyond the prothorax, red towards the mouth and about the sockets of the 

 antennae. Eyes reddish, extremely wide apart. Palpi tawny. Antennse 

 red at the base. Prothorax slightly parabolic, tawny and with black spots 

 on each side ; fore border truncated ; sides rounded ; hind border very 

 slightly concave on each side. Mesothorax and metuthorax tawny on 

 each side, extending beyond the pectus, their hind angles slightly elongated. 

 Dorsal segments of the abdomen tawny on each side and along the hind 

 border, not extending beyond the ventral segments, which are narrowly 

 tawny im each side; sub-anal lamina entire ; apical ventral segment tawny 

 also along the hind border. Cerci obsolete. Legs dark red, short, stout ; 

 tibiae and tarsi testaceous, the former with short black spines. Length of 

 the body 18 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



