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Nicsara taylori 72 new species. Plate XV, figure 7; plate XVIII, figure 5. 



The present insect appears to be nearest N. inflata Brunner, 

 described from the Island of Celebes. The female of that insect 

 is unknown, but the ovipositor of the female of the apparently 

 closely related N. nigrifrons Brunner, described from the Island 

 of Lombok, agrees with that of taylori. 



From inflata this species differs in having the proximal antennal 

 segments pale, merely flecked with dark brown, the pronotal disk 

 having dark lateral bands only, which are interrupted on the 

 prozona and do not invade the lateral lobes and in having the limbs 

 entirely pale, with pale spines. 



Type: 9 ; Polillo Island, Luzon, Philippine Islands. (E. H. 

 Tajdor.) [Hebard Collection, Type no. 837.] 



Average in size and form for the genus. Head and pronotum 

 smooth and shining, showing a few minute subobsolete impressions. 

 Pronotum with sulci strongly defined in dorsal portions of lateral 

 lobes, convex callosity below humeral sinus more prominent and 

 outlined by a more decided sulcus than normal in the genus. Teg- 

 mina and wings fully developed, the former widening slightly to 

 the broadly rounded apex. Ovipositor short and broader than is 

 usual in the genus, curved dorsad, broadening gradually to median 

 point, then narrowing gradually to the very acute apex. Subgenital 

 plate subchitinous except at the thickened distal portions, truncate, 

 transverse, leaving the decidedly hairy ventro-proximal portion of 

 the ovipositor exposed. Genicular lobes of femora as follows; 

 cephalic and median internal unispinose, cephalic and median 

 external bluntly triangularly produced, caudal all bispinose. 

 Ventral femoral margins armed as follows. Cephalic internal 6 

 and 6, cephalic external 7 and 7, median internal 3 and 3, median 

 external 7 and 7, caudal internal 2 (and 8 very small), caudal 

 external 11. 



General coloration clay color. Head with two small, weakly 

 sulcate, postocular lines of blackish brown. Entire face shining 

 black; median ocellus, clypeus and labrum clay color. Proximal 

 antennal joint clay color with a minute suffusion of dark brown, 

 antennae in other portions uniform clay color. Pronotum with 

 lateral margins of disk defined irregularly in blackish brown, this 

 forming a triangle to the first transverse sulcus, interrupted and 

 subobsolete to next sulcus, thence broken to principal sulcus and 

 heavy from that point to caudal margin of disk. Tegmina trans- 

 parent clay color, with proximal portion of discoidal field weakly 

 suffused with chestnut brown. Limbs and spines immaculate, 

 clay color. Ovipositor clay color, tinged with tawny distad. 



72 Named in honor of the collector, Mr. E. H. Taylor, who has done much work 

 in Philippine Herpetology. 



