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dark brown, forming a line from apex of clavus to middle of 

 costa, broadening slightly toward costa; wings hyaline, veins 

 white. 



Pygophor very shallow, the diaphragm being nearly on a 

 level with the rim, medioventral edge with a small spine curved 

 to the left, anal segment with a single, large spine from the 

 left side; genital styles narrow, long, with the apex produced 

 into a curved, flat spine turned outward ; sedeagus complex with 

 a long curved spine on right side (not dissected out) . 



Length, 1.9 millimeters; tegmen, 2.6. 



Female. — Macropterous ; similar in coloration to the male. 



Length, 2.5 millimeters; tegmen, 3.4. 



Luzon, Bataan Province, Limay {Baker, 10079), 1 female; 

 Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling (Baker), 1 female. Singa- 

 pore (Baker), 1 male. Penang (Baker), 1 female. 



The vertex is longer, the antennse are shorter, and the tegmina 

 are less acute than in the type species. 



Malaxa javanensis sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 2. 



Male. — Macropterous; base of vertex slightly wider than the 

 length, considerably behind the middle of eye; length of face 

 2.2 times width, slightly widening toward apex, sides straight; 

 antennse reaching only to base of clypeus, second joint 2.4 times 

 length of first; cross veins of tegmina at middle. 



Yellow; lateral portions of pronotum, tegulse, coxae, and ab- 

 dominal tergites dark brown. Basal half of tegmina brown, 

 apical half hyaline, veins same color as membrane, granules very 

 minute; wings hyaline with light brown veins. 



Pygophor a little longer than broad, no spines on medioventral 

 edge, anal segment with a large, curved spine on left side ; gen- 

 ital styles asymmetrical at base. 



Length, 1.5 millimeters; tegmen, 2.1. 



Java, Pekalongan (F. Muir), 1 male. 



Malaxa nigra sp. nov. 



Male. — Macropterous; length of vertex slightly longer than 

 width of base, base about middle of eyes, slightly broader than 

 apex, which is slightly rounded ; length of face 3.2 times width, 

 slightly widened to apex, sides straight; antennse reaching be- 

 yond middle of clypeus, second joint 2.8 times length of first; 

 cross veins about middle of tegmina. 



Head, thorax, coxse, and abdomen very dark shiny brown or 

 black, antennse, legs, lower portion of gense, carinse of vertex, 

 anal segment, and ventral aspect of pygofer yellowish. Teg- 



