416 



W 



ECORDS OF THE S.A. MuSEUM 



downward inclination of the head is rather more marked than in the other forms; 

 the stout anterior legs are distinctive in their proportions. According to 

 Kirkaldy's measurements, the intermediate tibia of the male is relatively shorter 

 than in the female, but I can find little difference in the examples now examined. 



ANISOPS CALCARATUS sp. nov. 



$ Head, including eyes, narrower than the pronotum; notocephalon with a 

 median groove, which does not extend to hinder margin of the head and with a 

 swelling on each side; synthlipsis less than 1-5 in vertex, 3-5 times in the width 

 of an eye ; notocephalie swellings uniting at the front of the head and continued 

 on to face as a strong, median carina ; eyes large, prominent, projecting slightly 

 in front of vertex. Pronotum sordid testaceous, about 1-5 times wider than 

 long, with a coarse, median carina reaching to posterior margin ; lateral margins 

 divergent; hinder edge evenly convex. Scutellnm testaceous, wdder than long, 

 a little longer than the pronotum. Metanotum testaceous, \x\ih a black spot on 

 each side; upper side of abdomen testaceous, posterior segments black. Anterior 



Fig. 369. Anisops cal carat us. 



femora stout, the superior edge with a knife-like ridge, which gradually rises 

 until it attains a point beyond the middle of the length of the thigh, where it 

 abruptly terminates; summit of this ridge set with very small prostrate spines; 

 tibiae strong, the anterior end of the inner face with a distinct spur, in the apex 

 of which is set a short, stout spine ; tarsi damaged. Length, nearly 9 mm. ; width, 

 2 4 mm. 



