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Anaiilacaspis Ganglb. Proposed as a subgenus, and having rather 

 feeble characters ; the right mandible is obsoletely toothed in the 

 middle of the inner margin, the left mandible is simple ; the mentum 

 subtruncate in front, the ligula bifid to slightly beyond the middle, 

 the mesosternal process rounded at tip, and the hind tarsi with joint 

 I about as long as 2-4 together. The scutellum is neither carinate 

 nor sulcate. Ganglbauer assigns the following species to this sub- 

 genus: (i) longipes Woll. (1871), (2) thomcica Curt. (1833), (3) 

 nigra Gravh. (1802), and (4) Iccvigata Epp. (1883). As he does not 

 indicate the type, I venture to assume that the oldest species (nigra 

 Gravh.) be entitled to that rank. It is not impossible that A. longipes 

 Woll. really belongs to Stcnagria Shp. or some other Falagrioid genus, 

 especially on account of the projecting hind angles of the prothorax. 



The feebly characterized Falagrioma Csy. is treated here as a 

 synonym of Anaulacaspis Ganglb.; it has the right mandible feebly 

 toothed, the left mandible simple ; the ligula bifid at tip, the fourth 

 joint of the maxillary palpi long, the mesosternal process subtruncate 

 at tip, the middle cox?e slightly separated and the middle coxal cavi- 

 ties open behind; the hind tarsi with joint i about as long as 2-4 

 together. The scutellum is neither carinate nor sulcate. Type: 

 thoracica Curt. 



Melagria Csy., having seemingly the same type species (nigra 

 Gravh.) as Anaulacaspis Ganglb.. should become a synonym of the 

 latter. 



Lcpfagria Csy. will probably have to be merged in Melagria Csy. 

 (or in Anaulacaspis Ganglb.. in case the above synonymy is ac- 

 cepted) ; it differs from Melagria in the following characters: the 

 corneous plates of the prosternum are slightly larger, the mesosternal 

 process subtruncate at tip, and the middle coxae a little more sepa- 

 rated. Type : pcrcxilis Csy. 



Falagriola Reitt. is a synonym of Melagria Csy., having the same 

 type species, and should fall with Melagria as synonym of Anaula- 

 caspis. 



Demcra Fvl. (with Dercina Fvl. as synonym, the latter name 

 being preoccupied) is principally characterized by the carinulate 

 mesosternal process ; the type is D. foveicollis Fvl. 



Myrmecoccphalns MacL. No definite statements can be made in 

 regard to this genus, the original description being very imperfect. 



