Terrestrial Isopoda. 5 



18. Metoponorthus Swammerdami. 



kPorccllio Swamincrilamii Aui). & Sav. 1. c. XXII. 2S9. 

 Metoponorthus „ B.-L. Crust. Is. Terr. p. 172. 



Patria: Egypt (Mus. St, Petersburg); at Mansurah (Mr. K. 

 olten in Mus. Kjobenhavn); also in Palestine (Dr. Barrois in 



Coll. DOLLFUS). 



Remarks. This species is very closely allied to M. prainosus. 



Subgenus: Leptotrichus. 



19. Leptotrichus Panzeri. 



Porcellio Panzerii Aud. & Sav. 1. c. XXII. 290. 

 Leptotrichus ., B.-L. Crust. Is. Terr. p. 193. 



Patria: Egypt (Savigny; Mus. Berlin; Coll. E. Simon); Cairo, 

 many specimens collected the 4 — 6 Jan. 1901 (Swedish Exped. 

 in Mus. Stockholm & Goteborg). This species is widely distri- 

 buted in S. Europe, N. Africa and Asia Minor. 



Subgenus: Angara. 



In this new subgenus I collect some small species' of Por- 

 fcllio and I give below the reasons for this separation and a 

 survey over the few known forms. Two species are found in 

 Egypt: 



20. Angara lenta. 



Lyprobius lentus B.-L. Crust Is. Terr. 230. 



Leptotrichus lentus Dollf. Mem. soc. zool. Fr. IX. 542. 1896. 



Patria: Egypt; at Cairo Dr. I. Tragardh has taken some 

 specimens in Januar and May 1891 (Mus. Stockholm). 



21. Angara obtusa n. sp. 



Patria: Among some specimens of the preceding wciv also 

 sonic of this new species (Mus. Stockholm). 



Subgenus novum: Angara. 



Superficies minute squamata et setigera, vix vel rarissime 

 minute granulata. 



Oculi parvi, ocelli pauci. 



Antennae breves, tertiam corporis partem vix supcrantes: 

 flagelli articulus prior altero duplo vel triplo brevior. 



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