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breves, lanceolati. Pedes breves, robusti ; femora subsetosa ; tibianun 

 spiusB breves; tarsi graciles. 



Female. Body linear, very narrow, nearly cylindrical. Head quite 

 hidden by ibe prolhorax. Eyes emarginate, fur apart. Palpi elongate; 

 third joint lanceolate, much broader llian the others. Antennae 

 slender, sulimoniliform, minutely setulose, more than half tlie length of the 

 body. Protliorax long, conical in front, much reflexed in front, gradually 

 less so on each side to the hind angle, which is rectangular; hind border 

 straight. Mesothorax and metathorax modeiately long; hind angles very 

 slightly elongated. Abdominal segments from the flisl to the sixth 

 successively and slightly increasing in length ; sub-anal lamina entire, 

 rounded. Cerci short, lanceolate. Legs short, stout; femora with very 

 short setae ; tibiis with short spines ; tarsi slender; first joint as long as the 

 second and third together ; arolia large. 



Type, P. ■poduriforrms. 



21. PeRISPHjERIA podueifoemis. 



Mas. Piceo-nigra, aspere punctata, siiblus glabra ; palpi fulvi; antenna; 

 basi testacece ; abdomen sublilissime punctalum, segmentorum 

 lateribus et marginibus posticis fulvis ; pedes testacei. 



Male. Piceous-black, roughly punctured, smooth beneath. Palpi 

 tawny. Antennae testaceous at the base. Abdomen very finely punctured ; 

 sides and hind borders of the segments tawny ; tip tawny. Legs tes- 

 taceous. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



22. Perisph.i;eia podueoides. 



Mas. Testacea, subtus nigra ; caput maculis duabus fasciolaque inter- 

 media fiavis, margine antico testaceo ; antenna nigra:, basi pallide 

 Jlavie ; prothorax et mesothorax nigra, aspere punctata, hie plagis 

 duabus margineque postico tesiaceis ; metathorax et abdominis seg- 

 menta discis nigris testaceo quadrinotatis ; pedes testacei, femoribus 

 nigra viltatis. Foem. — Brevior, latior. 



Male. Testaceous, black and shining beneath. Head testaceous 

 towards the base ; two large pale yellow spots between the antennae, con- 

 nected by a slender pale yellow band. Palpi testaceous. Antennse black, 

 slender, pale yellow towards the base. Prothorax and mesothorax black, 

 roughly punctured. Mesothorax with a testaceous patch on each side and a 

 testaceous hind border. Metathorax and abdominal segments with black 

 disks, each containing two testaceous spots and on each side two testaceous 

 dots, the spots connected with the testaceous band on the hind border. 

 Legs testaceous ; femora striped with black. Female. — Body shorter and 

 broader. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a, b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



