198 CATALOGUE OF 



transverse stri.itiE ; labruin magnum, subliliter pinictatum. Palpi maxil- 

 lares loiigi ; ariiculus ous suhclavatus, 4o pa\illo brcvior. Antenna- lonjop, 

 Prolliorax sulcis duobus transversis, 2a interrupta, laleribus subreflexis el 

 roiuiKlalis, marline postico siibexca»alo. Alxloinen iiicrassatun), prolhorace 

 plus dupio lonj^ius. Pedes crassi, pilosi ; femora posiica exuis qualuor 

 iiitus plurimis spinis arinalu ; tiliia; quatuor anterinres cxtus tribus intus 

 duabus spinis arniatx ; tii)iu: posticx extus quatuur inlus sex spiuis 

 armuix. 



Male. Body tliick, convex, sinoolb, sbininpf. Head a lillle broader 

 than ibe prolliorax; two slijilil ridjijes bttween the eyes coniiecied abi)ve 

 and diver<;inp towards tbe front, which, like the face, is finely and trans- 

 versely stiialed; lal)rum larj^e, minutely punctured I'iflh joint of the 

 maxillary palpi subeiavate, a little shorier than the fourth; third joint of 

 the labial palpi clavale. Eyes pyriform, rather small, not prominent. 

 Antenna; lonpr, slender. Prothorax transverse, with two transverse furrows, 

 the first near the f(ire bonier, the seioml interrupted and befme the middle; 

 sides slifihtly rellexed and rounded ; hind border slijrhily excavated. Mela- 

 sternum lar^te. Abdomen very thick, more than twice the lenpth nf the 

 prolliorax. Cerci lanceolate, short. Lei;s thick, pilose, moderately long ; 

 liind femora with ten or eleven very minute spines on the inner side and 

 with four on the outer side ; fore tibire wiiji three larjje spines on the outer 

 side and wiili two larjjcr spines on the inner side; apic.il circlet of all the 

 til'inc composed of four spines; midille tibia- with three spines on the outer 

 side, with two on the inner side and will) one above: hind tibia? with four 

 spines on the outer side and with six longer spines on the inner side ; tarsi 

 rather lonj^ and slender; second joint about half the length of the first; 

 third much shorter than the second; fourth rather shorter than tbe first. 



23. Stenopki.matis risccis. 



Mas. Piceus, subtus fii/vifi ; caput marfjine pontico, tatrribus fascia 

 Jrontali, facie, palpis anlcnitis^ue fiilvix : vertex tinea lon<filu<livali 

 palliile fiilva ; abdomen fiilviiw, lulcribus piistulali^ ; pedes fulvi, 

 fenuiribits tibiifquc supra niyricantibtis. 



Mule. Piceous, tawny beneath. Head with a pale lawny longitudinal 

 line on the vertex ; hind border, sides, a band on the from, face, labriim, 

 palpi and antenna' lawny. Kyes tesiaceous. Abdomen tawny; dorsal 

 segments slightly piiMnl.ued on each side. I-<egs tawny; femora and libi;c 

 blackish above; spines with black tip<. Length of the body 22 lines. 



fl. South Africa, rioin Mr. iVarson's ccdlcction. 

 b. South Africa. 



Group 13. 



Mas. Corpus robnstum, convexum, glabrnm, nitens. Caput pro- 

 thoraee latins, inter antennas jdanum, »erlice .subglnboso, fronte striata, 

 lal)ro mnpno. Oeuli parvi. longinscnii. Palpi maxillares lon^i, gr.iciles; 

 aiticiiliis 4iis /io Inngior. Palpi labiales iirliculn 3o subdavaln. AntcnniT 

 longa", graciles. Protliorax i>revinsculus, marginibus aniico et postico sub- 

 extavatis, laleribtis subiindulalis. Metaslernum magnum. Abdomen 

 breve, apicc laininis duabus latcralibus inslructum. Cerci breves. Pedes 



