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2. PERISPIIiEBIA CRASSA. 



Foe>n. Plcea, lata, ovata, convexa, dense puncltiia, suhlus nigra ; caput 

 rufiiin, prothoracem paullo superans ; prolhorax fere semicircularis, 

 laleribu.': siibreflexis margineqne poslico fere redo fulvo marginatis ; 

 mesothorax et melathorax fulvo murginali, angulis poslicis sub- 

 elongiilis ; abdomen apice integrum, segmentis fulvo marginatis ; 

 cerci brrvissimi ; pedes fulvi, breves, crassi,fcmoribus saturate rufis, 

 spinis nigris. 



Female. Piceous, broad, oval, convex, thickly punctured, black 

 beneatli. Head red, extending a little beyond the prothorax. Eyes 

 piceous, very far apart. Palpi and anlennae red, Prolhorax nearly semi- 

 circular, bordered with tawny on each side and along the hind border; 

 fore border slightly truncated ; sides rounded, very slightly reflexed ; hind 

 border nearly straight. Mesothorax, metathorax and dorsal abdominal 

 segments tawny on each side and along the hind border; hind angles of 

 the mesothorax and of the metathorax sli{;hlly elongated. Abdomen 

 somewhat broader llian the thorax ; dorsal segments not extending beyond 

 the ventral segments, which are narrowly bordered with tawny on each 

 side ; sub-anal lamina entire, bordered with testaceous beneath, Cerci 

 very short. Legs dark red, thick, short ; tibiae and tarsi tawny, the former 

 with short black spines. Length of the body 14 lines, 



a. Cape. From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



3. Perisph^ria multicincta, 



F(Bm, Lut.ea, lata, ovata, convexa, dense punctata ; caput piceum, protho- 

 racem vix superans, margine antico fulvo ; oculi invicem valde re- 

 mo li ; antenna fulvce, corporis dimidio Ion glares ; thoracis et abdu- 

 minis segmenta nigra fasciata ; prothorax fere semicircularis, 

 margine antico truncalo, lateribus perparum refiexis, margine postico 

 subrecto; abdomen apice integrum, ventre nigra luteo-marginata ; 

 pedes testacei, breves, crassi, femoribus rufescente fulvis, tibiis nigra 

 spinosis. 



Female. Luteous, broad, oval, convex, thickly punctured. Head 

 piceous, hardly extending beyond the prothorax, tawny towards the mouth 

 and with a tawny spot by the socket of each antennae. Eyes livid, very 

 far apart. Palpi and antennag tawny ; the latter submoniliform, minutely 

 setulose, more than half the length of the body. Prothorax nearly semi- 

 circular; fore border truncated; sides rounded, very slightly reflexed ; hind 

 bolder almost straight; disk black, this hue extending to the fore border, 

 not to the hind border. IMesolhorax, metathorax and abdominal segments 

 with a broad black band on the fore border, this band abbreviated on each 

 side; hind angles of the mesothorax and of the metathorax slightly elongated. 

 Abdomen somewhat broader than the thorax ; dorsal segments not ex- 

 tending beyond the ventral segments; sub-anal lamina entire; under side 

 black, with a pale luteous border, Cerci very short, not extending beyond 

 the border of the abdomen. Legs reddish tawny, thick, short ; libite an I 



