1 ] ]\rr. B. p. Uvaiov on 



ocelli placed ou the raargins 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-trnncate at the 

 apex, with a narrow longi udinal snleus, and separated from 

 the rest of the vertex by an arched transverse sulcus ; this 

 hind part of the vertex begins distinctly betbre the eyes, 

 being strongly couvex and armed with large, laterally com- 

 pressed tubercles. Pronotum not rounded, armed with a 

 median row of tubercles and with three i)airs of large, 

 laterally compressed obtuse teeth, besides numerous smaller 

 tubercles ; lateral lobes longer than high ; their hind lower 

 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 lol)es 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 

 foveoUie small ; metasternal interspace in the male twice, in 

 the female about five times, as broad as long. JMesopleurai 

 and metapleurre 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 

 middle 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 tibite 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 ; eerei short, triangular, feebly laterally 

 compressed ; subgenital plate short, obtuse. Yalvce of the 

 female ovipositor sinuate; the surface of their basal portions 

 covered with tubercles ; the outer margins of the upper 

 valvae obtusely denticulate basally ; the lower valvre with an 

 obtuse tooth. 



Genotype : Phymellu capensis, sp. n. 



This genus is not easy to place in any of the sections of 

 the Pyrgomorphinie, established by Dr. I. Bolivar''^. It is 



* ' Genera luscctoruui,' 'JO fasc, Acridiidai, Pyigomorphina}, 1909, 

 pp. 3, 4. 



