110 Mr. B. P. Uvarov on 
ocelli placed on the margins of the fastigium, quite close to 
the eyes. Eyes distinctly prominent sideways, a little 
higher than long. Fastigium of the vertex slightly ascen- 
dent, a little shorter than an eye, rotundato-truncate at the 
apex, with a narrow longitudinal sulcus, and separated from 
the rest of the vertex by an arched transverse sulcus ; this 
hind part of the vertex begins distinctly before the eyes, 
being strongly convex and armed with large, laterally com- 
pressed tubercles. Pronotum not rounded, armed with a 
median row of tubercles and with three pairs of large, 
laterally compressed obtuse teeth, besides numerous smaller 
tubercles ; lateral lobes longer than high ; their hind Jower 
portion distinctly expanded sideways, with the hind angle 
obliquely truncate and armed with a conical tubercle. Pro- 
sternum with its fore margin incrassate and feebly raised. 
Sternum broad, with a complete transverse sulcus at the 
fore margin ; mesosternal lobes in both sexes a little longer 
than broad, distinctly widened posteriorly, with the inner 
and hind margins straight and the inner angles subacute, 
more so in the male; mesosternal interspace distinctly 
narrowed posteriorly, in the male as long as its width in 
front, in the female much broader than long. Metasternal 
foveole small ; metasternal interspace in the male twice, in 
the female about five times, as broad as long. Mesopleure 
and metapleure strongly rugulose, with several tubercles 
flattened dorso-ventrally. Elytra about as long as the pro- 
notum, elliptical, covering each other on the inner margin. 
Wings a little shorter than the elytra, coloured. Fore and 
middie femora in the male incrassate. Hind femora rather 
narrow, but thick ; externo-median area with the oblique 
ridges strongly raised, irregular, callous; the lower outer 
area distinctly dilated; the knee-lobes short, triangular, 
rounded at the apex. Hind tibiz with obtuse keels, thick- 
ened apically ; eight outer and ten inner spines ; no outer 
apical spine. Supra-anal plate of the male lanceolate, with 
the apex rounded ; cerci short, triangular, feebly laterally 
compressed ; subgenital plate short, obtuse. Valvze of the 
female ovipositor sinuate; the surface of their basal portions 
covered with tubercles; the outer margins of the upper 
valve obtusely denticulate basally ; the lower valvee with an 
obtuse tooth. 
Genotype: Phymella capensis, sp. n. 
This genus is not easy to place in any of the sections of 
the Pyrgomorphine, established by Dr. I. Bolivar*. It is 
* ‘Genera Insectorum,’ 90 fasc.,, Acridiide, Pyrgomorphine, 1909, 
pp. 3, 4. 
