IB M. L. Peringuei/s Descriptive Catalogue [IS^ov. 30, 



form, the basal one of the labial palpi a little longer than the tooth in 

 the mentum ; mandibles with two inner falciform teeth and a bifid one 

 at the base ; head broad ; labrum nearly straight with four teeth in the 

 centre, the two median ones acute ; eves not large ; antennae filiform ; 

 prothorax transversal, plane, the posterior angles produce i in a very 

 long, triangular spine fitting against the shoulders ; elytra ovate, not 

 much convex ; no wings ; legs moderately long, tarsi very bristly ; 

 male with the three basal, anterior tarsi dilated, and with seven 

 abdominal segments, the penultimate one deeply incised, female with 

 six segments only. 



Although the shape of the mentum and of the palpi are those of 

 Manticliora, I believe that the proper place of this genus is in the 

 vicinity of Tetracha and Megacephala, in spite of its very distinct facies, 

 for they have in common a seven-jointed abdomen in the male, with 

 dilated tarsi, and mandibles nearly analogous ; the apical joints of the 

 palpi are also in proportion more thickened than those of Manticliora , 

 and like Tetracha they are nocturnal. The genus seems to be re- 

 stricte 1 to South- Africa, and has only as yet been met with on the 

 Western part, from Houts Bay to Walfish Bay, and probably Benguela. 



P. PALLIDA. Fabric. 



Syst. Eleuth. 1, 1801, p. 167. 

 Thoms. Monog. des Cicind., p. 13, pi. 3, fig. 2. 



Very pale-yellow, nearly transparent, smooth, shining ; apical part 

 of the mandibles and inner teeth infuscated ; labrum with six rigid 

 bristles in front ; head with two round median impressions ; prothorax 

 trapeziform ; very little convex, very slightly narrowed at the apex 

 and at the base, with a narrow, median groove, acutely marginated 

 laterally with the basal angles produced in a long conical spine ; elytra 

 elongato-ovate, very little convex, and ampliated in the middle, faintly 

 punctured in the anterior part, and very briefly granulose in the 

 posterior part, with the suture marginated and raised ; legs very pale- 

 yellow bristly. 



Length, 12-13 ; lat. 5-6"'*^^^' 



