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The abdomen also is differently marked. This species appears to 
be the largest hitherto described. 
PARATEMNOPTERYX ZIETZII, spec. nov. 
Brown to blackish, paler below, shining; head free, an ill- 
defined, narrow, curved black bar between the eyes ; ocelliform 
spots obsolete ; clypeus pale, basal area of the antennz whitish, 
latter very slender, as long as the body, pale brown. Pronotum 
elliptical, margins very narrow, disk more or less distinctly exca- 
vated, anlges rounded, hindmargin straight. Elytra nearly 
quadrangular veins distinct, raised, scarcely exceeding the first 
abdominal segment. Wings rudimentary. Legs uniformly pale 
brown, fore femora crowdedly spinose, all more or less ciliate 
(tarsi without arolia). Abdomen with dorsal segments finely 
scabrous along the hind margins, angles not produced, except 
those of last segment. Ventral segments brown to _ black, 
shining. Supra-anal lamina longer than wide, subtrigonal, 
posterior third incurved, apex rounded. Cerci very long, acute. 
Subgenital lamina very large, cucullate, hindmargin entire, 
bearing the short, suberect styles; latter black above, pale 
beneath. 
Adult males. Male and female larve. 
Length of body ... 18 -19 mm. 13-15 mm. 
Length of elytra... 4-5 « — 
Length of pronotum 4:5- 4:8 “ 3-3°5 ‘ 
Width of pronotum 6 — 6:5“ 4-5“ 
There are two full-grown males and three larve, one of them 
apparently a female. The species is distinguished from P. aus- 
trale, Sauss., by its larger size, absence of ocelliform spots, much 
shorter elytra, and the peculiar form of its anal appendages. The 
larve are much darker, inclining to black. The vertex of the 
head is paler than the very dark face. 
FAMILY PERISPHAERID AL. 
LEPIDOPHORA, gen. nov. 
Resembling Perisphaeria glomeris, Sauss., in aspect. Body 
convex, elongate, stout. Anterior angles of dorsal segments pro- 
duced laterally as a subtrigonal scale overlapping imbricately the 
respective ventral segments at their base. Supra-anal lamina 
quadrate, posterior angles produced as short spines. Subgenital 
lamina subtrigonal, apex produced, forming two conspicuously 
diverging spines. Styles slender, as long or longer than the 
lamina. 
The scale-like appendages along the lateral ventral margin, to 
which the name refers, are apparently a novel character among 
