Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1910. 55 



Maxillae normal, like in the female. 



Legs (Fig. 16). Legs I and II: like in the female, 

 except that the ventral triangulär outgrows of the tibiae are 

 enormously developed , narrow , curve , and simulate thorns. 

 Legs III : enormously developed , gradually tapering distalward. 

 Trochanter with long ventral distal and external hair, reaching 

 the tarsus. Genu with dorsal distal and internal hair reaching 

 the middle of the tarsus. Tibia with dorsal distal external hair 

 extending beyond the empodium , a,nd a ventral distal external 

 long hair, as long as the leg itself. Tarsus with a dorsal proximal 

 internal short and fine hair, a dorsal distal internal much shorter 

 ditto, two ventral thorns, a proximal one and a middle one, and 

 a distal fine and short hair. Legs IV : half as long as legs III, 

 gradually tapering distalward. Tibia with dorsal distal median 

 short and fine hair, and with ventral central thorn. Tarsus only 

 with ventral central thorn. 



Habitat in the quills of Pavo cristatus. 



P a t r i a. The geographical distribution probably is the 

 same as that of the bird. 



Found by Prof. Dr. A. Heller at Kiel. 



Typ es in collection Oudemans. 



Neue Arten der Gattung Hemisphaerota Spaeth. 

 (Col., Cassidae). 



Von Dr. Franz Spaeth, Wien. 



Hemisphaerota crassicornis nov. spec. 



Ovato-suhquadrata , convexa , minus nitida^ nigrocoeridea, antennis, 

 ore , pedibus ahdomineque ferrugineis , prosterno et pectoj'e nigris ; pro- 

 thorax antice utrinque anguste fiavomarginatus, disco inaequali hast utrinque 

 impresso, medio elevato , sparsim, lateribus profundius crehriusque punc- 

 tatis ; elytra suhparallela, humeris deute parvo, disco profunde punctato- 

 striato, tricostato ; antennae sat breves, crassae. 



Long. : 4,5 mm, lat. 3,5 mm. — Paraguay. 



Tief schwarzblau oder dunkelblau, der Mund, die Mundteile, 

 die ganzen Fühler, die Beine samt den Trochantern und der Hinter- 

 leib gelbrot , die Brust und das Prosternum schwarz oder pech- 

 braun. Hochgewölbt , mäfsig glänzend , länglich viereckig , fast 

 doppelt so lang als breit , an den Seiten nahezu parallel, hinten 

 breit verrundet. Die Fühler sind sehr dick und reichen nicht 

 ganz bis zu den Schulterecken ; die ersten zwei Glieder sind 



