236 ( 10 ) 



Legs short, rufo-castaneous. Tarsi without aroiia between the 

 claws. 



Length 8 raiU. ; length of tegmina 1,6 mill. ; pronotura 2,8 mill. 

 X 3,9 mill. 



Congo State, L'mangi (E. Wilverth, Sept-Nov. 1906). Three 

 examples. 



The genus is new to Africa, the only other species known, 

 S. bengal.ensis, Sal'SS., occurring in India and Cochin China. The 

 African species is distinguished by its very small size. 



SALGANEA PAPUA sp. n. 



J. Piceous. of large size. Pronoti^im anteriorly with a wide deep 

 emargination, the angles of this upwardly and backwardly produced 

 to form two hooked processes. Anterior part of pronotum 

 depressed, granulate, with two curved oblique sulci. Six small 

 tubercles arranged semicircularly across the pronotum immediately 

 behind the depressed area. Tegmina and wings considerably 

 exceeding the apex of the abdomen, generally much mutilateil or 

 amputated. The first 5 abdominal tergiles faintly punctate, the 

 remainder deeply cribr-ate-punctate. Lateral margins of 7fh tergite 

 sinuate, dentate, posterior angles produced, an oblique depressed 

 scar on either side of the disc of this tergite. Margin of supra-anal 

 lamina finely and regularly dentate, a large blunt tooth on either 

 side at the base. Cerci short, conical. Ventral surface more sparsely 

 punctate than dorsal surface. Front femora with two spines on 

 anterior margin beneath. 



Total length 75 mill.: length of body 60-67 mill.; length of 

 tegmina 63 mill. ; pronotum 14 mill. X 24 mill. 



German New-Guinea, Sattelberg (Oxford Mus. Type : British 

 New Guinea (Oxford Mus. and Melbourne Mus.); Astrolabe Bay 

 (Brussels Mus,). • 



The largest species of the genus and one of the largest of the 

 sub-familv. 



