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the lateral extremities of that suture. Other lateral portions of 

 face and genae heavily rugose and impresso-punctate, occiput 

 smooth with well separated, weakly impressed lines and punctae. 

 Pronotum normal for the genus, the principal sulcus deep dorsad 

 but decidedly deeper laterad. Tegmina and wings well developed, 

 but extending caudad only slightly beyond median portion of ovi- 

 positor and probably unfitted for sustained flight in so heavy bodied 

 an insect. Ovipositor unarmed, evenly curved dorsad and oi equal 

 width to the distal portion, where it tapers to the narrowly round- 

 ed apex. Subgenital plate bilobate, with disto-lateral portions thick- 

 ened. Ventral femoral margins armed with spines, as follows. 

 Cephalic internal 6 and 6, cephalic external 6 and 6, median in- 

 ternal 1 and 1, median external 6 and 6, caudal internal 0, caudal 

 external 9 and 9. 



Coloration shining. Pronotum, occiput, caudal portions of genae 

 and eyes pale sudan brown. Cephalic portions of genae and all of 

 face mahogany red. Mandibles claret brown proximad, deepening 

 to black distad. Clypeus and palpi ochraceous-buff, labrum mars 

 yellow. Cephalic portion of vertex (except its immediate apex), 

 frontal fastigium (but not connecting ridge between these), an- 

 tennal scrobes and first two antennal joints black, remaining 

 portions of antennae mahogany red. Tegmina sudan brown, 

 the veins and veinlets proximad citrine (greenish), the tegmina 

 with (12 and 15) scattered a d sharply denned small patches of 

 blackish brown. Femora and tibiae black, the genicular areas 

 sanf ords brown, the intervals between the j oints buff y ; tarsi sanf ords 

 brown. Mesosternum and metasternum largely blackish, other 

 portions of body brownish buff, flecked with blackish brown. 

 Ovipositor rich chestnut, briefly brownish buff proximad and liver 

 brown distad. 



Length of body 64, width of head, 12.2, length of pronotum 14.8, 

 caudal width of pronotal disk 9.3, length of tegmen 55.7, median 

 width of tegmen 13.2, length of cephalic femur 16.8, length of 

 caudal femur 28.2, length of ovipositor 26.1, greatest width of 

 ovipositor 3.6 mm. 



The type of this handsome insect is unique. 



Salomona coriacea Redtenbacher. 



1891. Salomona coriacea Redtenbacher, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XLI, 

 p. 476. [cf : Moluccas; Aru [Islands]; Batjan [Island, Moluccas].] 



Obi Island, Moluccas, 1 9 . 



The female before us agrees closely with Redtenbacher's de- 

 scription, except that the black area of the mouthparts extends 

 dorsad, occupying a transversely rectangular area above the 

 clypeal suture. 



Length of body 50, width of head 11, length of pronotum 12.8, 

 caudal width of pronotal disk 8, length of tegmen 28.3, median 

 widtli of tegmen 12.7, length of cephalic femur 15, length of caudal 



