478 Mr. W. F. Kirby on 



Stenopelmatidse. 

 Carcinopsis vittata. 



Long. corp. 31-40 millim. ; pronoti 9-10 millim. ; fern, 

 post. 17 millim.; tib. post. 23-26 millim. ; ovip. 15-19 millim. 



Female. — Chestnut-brown, face varied with yellow ; fasti- 

 gium of the vertex with a yellow spot on each side opposite 

 the base of the antenna?, and two more at the extremity, 

 which is depressed, convergent, and truncated, separated from 

 the fastigium of the front by a slight suture ; the middle 

 and sides of the face, as well as the antenna?, palpi, and legs, 

 are mostly yellowish. 



Pronotum with the deflexed lobes having the angles rounded 

 off and the lower border nearly straight. Abdomen with a 

 broad transverse black band occupying the hinder part of 

 each segment. 



All the femora unarmed ; front tibia? with a middle and 

 terminal spine on the inner side above, but only the terminal 

 spine on the outer side; beneath, with a row of 5 strong 

 spines on each side. Middle tibia? with 4 spines above on 

 the outside and 3 on the inside ; beneath, with 5 spines on 

 each side. Hind tibia? with a row of 7 spines on each side 

 above in addition to the terminal spines ; beneath, with 3 

 slender spines before the terminal spines. Most of the spines 

 are very strong and tipped with black. The spines on the 

 four hind coxa? are also strongly marked. Hind femora much 

 thickened ; ovipositor long, slender, upcurved. 



Two specimens from Barberton (P. Rendall). 



Described from the larger specimen; the smaller one is 

 considerably paler in colour, inclining to reddish or yellowish 

 rather than reddish brown. 



Probably allied to G. ornata, Brunn., from Madagascar ; 

 but that species is banded with black on the thorax and the 

 tibial spines are much smaller, as represented in the figure. 



Carcinopsis punctulata. 



Long. corp. 29 millim.; pronoti 7-9 millim.; fern. post. 

 18-20 millim.; tib. 15-18 millim.; ovip. 10-15 millim. 



Female. — Head, pronotum, and femora rufo-castaneous, 

 rest of legs and ovipositor darker, hind border of pronotum 

 and abdomen a?neous brown. 



Head above and pronotum nearly smooth ; fastigium of 

 the vertex transversely wrinkled below, passing into the 

 fastigium of the front without interruption. Face thickly 

 punctured and blackish in the middle ; cheeks reddish, with 



