no. 1834. NEW SPECIES OF STREPSIPTERA— PIERCE. 505 



second joint long. Pro thorax and mesothorax arched far forward into 

 head, the former appearing only as a disk. Elytra moderately long. 

 Praescutum elongate triangular, narrowly truncate by scutellum; 

 scuti quadrate, diagonal, approximate at apex of praescutum, not 

 reaching to lateral processes of scutellum; scutellum with median 

 anterior lobe separating scuti, behind which it is more or less quadrate 

 with posterolateral prolongations; postlumbium of different consis- 

 tency from the other parts, and almost as long as the scutellum; post- 

 scutellum convex, broad and about as long as praescutum and scu- 

 tellum together. Wings with seven primary veins, the costa and 

 subcosta strong, the area between these and medius darkened; a 

 very wide detached vein arising just beyond the darkened area; 

 medius extending to margin with long detached branch in front of it; 

 the two anal veins straight. Legs normal; tarsi three-jointed. 

 Ninth abdominal segment elongate; cedeagus slender, inflated at 

 basal third and strongly arched, thence very slender and at apical 

 fourth bent back in an acute angle. 



Female. — Cephalothorax quadrate, bi-emarginate at apex, with 

 the lobe thus formed very prominent; mandibles oblique and with a 

 long tooth; spiracles not laterally prominent; surface radiately 

 wrinkled from base; opening of brood canal transverse; abdomen 

 with a long, darkened area of the same shape as the cephalothorax. 



PENTOZOE PERADENIYA, new species. 



Host. — Thompsoniella arcuata Motschulsky, Peradeniya, Ceylon. 

 Described from one male and one female collected by E. E. Green. 



Male. — Length 1.25 mm. Dark brown, eyes black, antennae and 

 legs lighter. 



Female. — Color light brown. Length of cephalothorax 0.26 mm., 

 breadth 0.22 mm. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13712, U.S.N.M. 



HOST LIST. 



The following additions to the host list of the Strepsiptera may be 

 made: 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Superfamily LOCUSTOIDEA. 



Family LOCUSTID^E. 



Sexava Stal. 



nubila Stal, Pack Island, Admiralty Islands, September 10 (E. 



Wolf), (female) Stichotrema dallatorreanum Hofeneder (Hofe- 



neder 19106). 

 species, Wogeo, Schouten Island, Admiralty Islands, September 



13 (E. Wolf) (Hofeneder 19106). 



i Name derived from jrii/re (five) + B£ec, (branches). 



