158 Mr. R. Shelford on new 
the scent-glands. Supra-anal lamina triangular ; subgenital 
lamina irregularly produced, notched on the left side, with 
two slender styles. Front femora armed on anterior margin 
beneath with a complete row of spines, the distal shorter than 
the proximal; all the femora with geni¢ular and apical 
spines. 
2. Similar, but supra-anal lamina more produced, sub- 
genital lamina ample, semiorbicular. 
3S ?. Total length 18-19 mm.; length of body 15 mm. ; 
length of tegmina 15 mm.; pronotum 3°5 x 4:9 mm. 
363,2 2? 2, Zambesi rain-forest (Dr. G. B. Longstaff 
and Prof. T. Hudson Beare). 
Types in Oxford Museum. 
The species is allied to Z. bémaculata, Gerst., from i. Africa, 
but ‘differs in the secondary sexual characters of the male. 
Subfam. Brarrr2z. 
Genus PROTAGONISTA, nov. 
Antenne slightly incrassated. Position of antennal sockets 
variable. Pronotum as long as broad, quadrangular, with 
rounded angles, sides not deflexed. A fine erect pubescence 
covers both pronotum and tegmina. Tegmina and wings 
fully developed in the male. ‘Tibial spines in two rows. 
Posterior metatarsus longer than the remaining joints, all the 
pulvilli apical. Arolia minute. 
The genus is remarkable on account of the shape of the 
pronotum and the pubescence on pronotum and tegmina. In 
one of the species the eyes are closer together than the 
antennal sockets, in the other they are further apart; I doubt 
if this character is of much importance, and it hardly seems 
advisable to separate the New-World genera of Blattinze from 
the Old-World genera on the strength of this character 
alone. 
Protagonista lugubris, sp.n. (Pl. UX. fig. 1.) 
gd. Piceous. Head finely punctate; labrum, clypeus, and 
palpi testaceous ; ocelli * prominent, testaceous ; eyes further 
apart than antennal sockets. Antenne fuscous, slightly 
incrassated, pubescent, but not plumose, apical joints testa- 
ceous. Pronotum not covering vertex of head, coarsely 
reticulate-punctate, with some smooth interspaces and lines ; 
a deep, wide, semilunar impression extending across the 
* They appear to be true ocelli as in the subfam. Corydiine, and not 
fenestre as in the other subfamilies. 
