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subcosta beyond the basal, a trifle shorter than the anterior 
abscissa; submedian very short, much less than half as long 
as the subcosta; hyaline plates on femora and tibizee very wide, 
on hind legs wider than the joints to which they are attached; 
metatarsus of hind legs four times as long as wide, slightly 
bent near the base, distinctly shorter than the three following 
joints united; joint 5 as long as 3 and 4 united, nearly four 
times as long as wide. Rufous; margin of the pronotum and 
the tegule in part blackish. ; 
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, Singapore (Baker), 1 female. 
Type.—Catalogue No. 24322, United States National Museum. 
Loboscelidia scutellata sp. nov. 
Female.—Length, 3 millimeters. Differs Sects L. collaris 
as follows: Head higher than long, covered with long silvery 
hairs below; cheeks polished, as wide as the eyes; face strongly 
shagreened, with a median carina below; carinze on the sides 
of the face sharp, extending to the occiput; ocelli very close 
together, the lateral ones less than their diameter from each 
other and from the posterior margin of the head; scape less 
than three times as long as wide, a little shorter than joints 
3 and 4 united; joint 2 as wide as long; joint 3 as wide as 2 
and any of the joints following it, two and one-half times as 
long as the second joint; following joints becoming gradually 
longer and narrower, the middle ones slightly curved; joint 
13 as long as 2 and 3 united, five times as long as wide, subacute — 
at tip; dorsal cervical plate scarcely narrowed anteriorly, longer 
than wide, with a shallow median depression; pronotum a little 
wider across the middle than long, somewhat wider posteriorly,. 
polished; mesonotum shining, two and one-half times as wide 
as long, as long as the scutellum; parapsidal grooves complete, 
the median lobe subconcave; scutellum finely longitudinally 
striate; axille separated off by deep grooves; postscutellum 
Slightly elevated medially, polished; wings subhyaline, darker 
around the radius; nervulus longer than the anterior abscissa 
of the subcosta, straight; basal nervure nearly straight, slightly 
curved distad, as long as the radius; anterior abscissa of sub- 
costa longer, about half as long as the subcosta before the latter 
forks, straight; plates on femora and tibie narrow, not wider 
than the joints to which they are attached; metatarsus a little 
over four times as long as wide, nearly as long as the next three 
joints united. Coloration as in L. collaris sp. nov. 
