174 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black, convex, shining, minutely punctured, nearly linear, 

 rounded at each end. Head not nearly extending to the fore border of the 

 prolhorux; sockets of the anteunai, fore border and palpi tawny. Eyes 

 piceous, wide apart. Antennae piceous. Thorax roughly punctured. 

 Prothoiax conical, not broader than long; fore border not truncated; sides 

 reflexed, sligbtly rounded, hind border straight; hiud angles much 

 elongated, slightly acute. Mesothorax and metalhorax broadly dark red 

 on each side; hind angles slightly elongated. Abdomen longer but hardly 

 broader than the thorax, with a dark red slightly reflexed rim on each 

 side; under side with dark red bauds on the fore borders of the segments. 

 Cerci red, very short. Legs dark red, short, thick ; fore femora setose 

 beneath ; bind femora with a few short spines ; tibial with long stout spines; 

 first tarsal joint longer than the second and third together; arolia large. 

 Length of the body 10^ lines. 



The longer prothorax distinguishes it from the three preceding 

 species. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. ^ ;■''*"•" 



20. Perisph.ekia thp/jiacica. 



Foem. Nigra, linearis, punctata ; caput guttis cluabus, margine antico 

 palpisque fulvis; oculi invicem remoti ; antennce saturate rufce; 

 thorax aspere punclalus ; prothorax caput perpauUo superans, anlice 

 subcarinatus, margine antico non truncalo, lateribus rejiexis ; mesa- 

 thoracis el metathoracis anguli postici subproducti ; cerci brevissimi ; 

 pedes ruji, breves, crassi. 



Female. Black, linear, punctured, very convex, slightly shining, 

 rounded at each end. Head extending nearly to the fore border of the 

 prothorax ; a dot on each side by the antenna, fore border and palpi tawny. 

 Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae very daik red. Thorax roughly 

 punctured. Prothorax hardly broader than its length, a little broader than 

 the rest of the body ; fore border not truncated ; fore part slightly keeled ; 

 sides rounded,. especially reflexed in front; hiud border slightly rounded ; 

 hind angles not elongated. Mesothorax and raetathorax with the hind 

 angles slightly elongated. Abdomen as long as the thorax; supra-anal 

 lamina rounded, entire. Cerci extremely short. Legs red, short, thick ; 

 femora slightly setose beneath; tibiae with stout spines; first joint of the 

 tarsi as long as the second and the third together; arolia large. Length of 

 the body 15 lines. 



The broader body sufficiently distinguishes it from P. rejlexa. 

 n. ? 



Sect. 2. 



Fcem. Corpus lineare, perangustum, fere cylindricum. Oculi 

 emarginati, invicem remoti. Palpi longiusculi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus. 

 Antennse graciles, corporis dimidio longiores. Prothorax longus, antice 

 conicus et valde reflexus, margine postico recto. Mesothorax et meta- 

 lhorax angulis perparum elongatis. Abdomen apice integrum. Cerci 



