NEW SPECIES or FOBFICULID.'E. 523 



Ptghdiceaka eoregua, sp. n. (PL XX. fig. 3.) 



Long. Corp. (absque forcip.) 30 millim. ; long, foreip. 8 millim. 



Female. Head black, the greater part of the head behind the 

 eyes covered by a testaceous patch not extending to the margins, 

 narrowed in front, and ending in a sharp projection on each side 

 before the eye ; palpi reddish, testaceous towards the base. 

 Antennae 35-jointed ; scape testaceous, black at the tip, twice a-? 

 broad as long, and stouter than the flagellum, Flagellum reddish 

 brown, darkest at the extremity ; the first two joints a little 

 broader than long, the next three annular, the remainder longer 

 than broad and generally lengthening, the last five slenderer 

 than the rest. Pronotum almost globular, truncated behind, 

 testaceous, narrowly edged with black in front, and with a thick 

 U-shaped mark, with a heavy base, resting on the hinder margin. 

 Scutelium yellow. Tegmina black, with two wide testaceous 

 bands running from the base — one spindle-shaped, ceasing at 

 about two-thirds of the length of the tegmina ; the other lateral, 

 submarginal, and extending for the whole length of the tegmina, 

 except for the outer black edging. Projecting portion of wings 

 testaceous, with the outer half brown. Abdomen stout, pubes- 

 cent, with the sides nearly parallel; the terminal segment thickly 

 granulated. Forceps very thick, converging to a point at the 

 extremity, a strong ridge above at the base, the lower inner 

 edge denticulate, especially towards the base ; a rather stronger 

 tooth just beyond the middle. Legs testaceous, slightly lined 

 with black, and with the joints marked with black. 



Sab. Santa Catharina. 



Prom the collection of the late Mr. P. P. Pascoe. 



A very fine species, allied to P. v-nigra, Serv., but larger, 

 darker, and with longer forceps. 



Genus CTLINDROaASTER, Stal. 



I cannot agree with De Bormans in regarding the genus 

 Cylindrogaster, Stal, as the same as Diplatys, Serv., though I have 

 not yet seen a specimen of the latter genus. 



ClLINDEOGASTEE NIGEICEPS. 



Cylindrogaster nigriceps., Kirb. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiii. 

 p. 507 (1890). 



This species was described from Hong Kong. Other speci- 

 mens have since been received from Bombay and Ceylon. 



