420 Dr. J. L, Hancock's Further Studies of 



and advanced beyond the eyes ; frontal costa moderately sulcate, the 

 rami evenly divergent, in profile convexly protuberant between the 

 antenna", sinuate between the e^^es, posterior ocelli placed between 

 the submiddle part of the eyes ; antennae inserted barely anterior to 

 the eyes. Pronotum rugose-scabrous, anteriorly angulate, produced 

 over the head ; dorsum elevated tumid forward, longitudinally arcuate, 

 profoundly impressed behind the disc, process nodulose-tuberculose, 

 ])osteriorly ablireviated, the apex obtuse emarginate ; median carina 

 in the forward half entire, arcuate, but pf)steriorly sinuate becoming 

 obsolete toward the apex ; superior lateral cariufc wanting, posterior 

 angles of lateral lobes obliquely excised. Elytra and wings wanting. 

 Anterior and middle femora little compressed, the inferior margin of 

 anterior femora lightly unilobate ; the middle femora above undu- 

 late, below trilobate, the middle lobe more distinct ; posterior femora 

 incrassate, the external area scabrous, superior margins granulate and 

 subdentate before the knee, the i)rtogenicular and genicular lobes 

 moderately acute ; hind tibiro somewhat incrassate, little ampliate 

 toward the apices, armed with acute spines ; first articles of posterior 

 tarsi nearly twice the length of the third, the first and second pulvilli 

 acute, the third flat below and nearly equal in length to the first and 

 second combined. 



Entire length of body, female, 8-8 mm. ; ]ironotum 7'5 mm. ; pos- 

 terior femora 5 mm. 



Two female examples from Cape Town, Africa, 100 ft., 

 Rondeboscli, August 17, 1905, collected and presented by 

 Mr. Guy Marshall to the University Museum, Oxford. 



2. T, roiidfron^, sp. nov. 



Stature small, granulate, or little rugose. Resembling Tett'ix 

 latipes, Stal, but having the vertex strongly advanced beyond the 

 eyes, the facial costa barely sinuate between the eyes, head in profile 

 conical, the apex little elevated anteriorly. Pronotum anteriorly 

 obtuse angulate produced, more obtuse in the female, posteriorly not 

 extended to the knees of hind femora, the apex somewhat narrowly 

 obtuse emarginate ; dorsum in female transversely subtumid between 

 the shoulders, or little compresso-tectiform in the male, not impressed 

 behind the disc ; median carina longitudinally convexly arcuate, 

 jiosteriorly disappearing near the apex ; humeral angles somewhat 

 obscure, nearly straight ; posterior angles of lateral lobes little 

 obliquely excised. Elytra and wings wanting. Anterior and middle 

 femora little compressed, the inferior margins of anterior femora 

 subundulate, of middle triundulate ; the first and second pulvilli 



