176 CATALOGUE OF 



23. PKRlSPHiERIA CYLINDUICA. 



Foem. Nigra, linearis, subci/lindrica, subliliter punctata ; caput 

 niargine anlico paljiisque Icilaceis ; oculi invicem vix rcmoti ; prolho- 

 rax cuciiUatus, caput paullo supcrans, anlice subcarinatus, laleribus 

 subrejlexis ; cerci ruji, brevissimi ; pedes rufi, breves, rubusti. 



Female. Black, linear, convex, shininpf, nearly cylindrical, finely 

 punctured. Head cunnecled by the hood-sliaped prothorax, which ex- 

 tends a little beyond it ; fore border and j)alpi testaceous. Eyes hardly 

 wide apart. Antennae piceoiis, taany at the base. Thorax with the 

 hind angles slij;hlly elongated. Prothorax conical, much longer than 

 hair its breadth ; fore part slightly keeled ; fore border not truncated ; sides 

 slightly reflexed and rounded ; hind border nearly straight. Abdomen 

 more linely punctured and much longer than the thorax ; supra-anal 

 lamina entire, slightly rounded. Cerci red, very short. Legs red, short, 

 stout; femora unarmed; first joint of the tarsi as long as the second and 

 third together; arolia long. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Natal. Presented by the Rev. H. Methuen. 



24. Perisph^eria elatekoiues. 



Foem. Nigra, convexa, longa, dense et subtililer punctata, postice latcsccns ; 

 caput margine antico fulvo ; oculi invicem approximati ; anleuum 

 corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax conicus, cucullatus, protlio- 

 raceni paullo superans, lateribus margineque antico subrejlexis, 

 ntargine postico recto ; mesothorax et metathorax amjiilis posticis 

 subelongatis ; abdomen apice integrum; cerci brevissimi ; pedes 

 fulvi, breves, crassi. 



Black, convex, elongate, thickly and minutely punctured, slightly 

 increasing in breadth from the fore border of the prothorax to near the 

 tip of the abdomen. Head transversely impressed between the sockets of 

 the antennse, tawny towards the mouth. Eyes testaceous, approximate lo 

 each other. Palpi tawny. Antennae slender, more than half the length of 

 the body. Prothorax conical, hood-shaped, extending a little beyond the 

 the head ; fore border and sides slightly reflexed ; hind border straight. 

 Mesothorax and metathorax rather long ; hind angles slightly elongated. 

 Abdomen hardly longer than the anterior part of the body ; dorsal seg- 

 ments not extending beyond the ventral segments; subanal lamina entire. 

 Cerci extremely short. Legs tawny, short, thick; libse with stout spines. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueiuzius' collection. 



Sect. 3. 



25. Perisph.eria linearis. 



Mas. Nigra, angusta, subiinearis, dense el sat aspere punctata ; caput 

 margine antico fulvo ; oculi invicem approximati ; antenme basi 

 fulvce, corpore multo breviores ; prothorax brevi-conicus, fulvo 

 marginatus, antice subcarinatus, caput sat superans, laleribus per- 

 parum rejlvxis, margine poslico recto; abdomen fulvo marginatum. 



