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In general appearance this species seems an aberrant 

 member of the genus but it runs out here by published keys 

 and the structural characters agree with those given for 

 Subria. The narrow vertex seems to prohibit its being re- 

 ferred to the subfamily Copiphorinse and besides it does not 

 appear to agree with the description of any genus in that 

 group. Its general appearance is shown in Plate I', figure 9. 



Eschatocerus nigrospinosus Karny. 



Eschatocerus nigrospinosus Karny, Abhandl. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien, vol. ix, part 3. p. 64 (1907). 

 One 9 , October 17, 1906. Iconnicoflf. One $ , one 

 9 , no date. Schunke. 



These specimens fit very exactly the original description 

 of Karny's species. 



Loja subulata, new species. (PI. I, fig. 10; PI. II, fig. 12.) 

 This is a much more robust species than laevis Giglio-Tos, 

 the only other species known. The fastigium of the vertex 

 is less pointed than in that species and the stridulating vein 

 of the left tegmina is less angularly projected than in the 

 case of laevis as illustrated by Karny in Wytsman's Gen. In- 

 sectorum, Fasc. Ill, plate iv, fig. 10 (1912). 



Description ( $ and 9 ). — Head moderate, no broader 

 than the pronotum ; fastigium of the vertex about as broad 

 as the basal segment of the antenna, the sides about parallel, 

 distally converging very slightly, the tip broadly rounded, 

 the whole not exceeding the basal segment of the antenna in 

 length, evenly rounded dorsally and beneath convergently 

 contiguous with the facial scutellum. Pronotum subtruncate 

 anteriorly and posteriorly, but little produced behind, the 

 disk nearly flat and merging into the lateral lobes with per- 

 sistent but rounded lateral carin?e which diverge very gently 

 at both extremes ; lateral lobes much longer than high with 

 rounded angles and very obscure humeral sinus, the lower 

 margin descending posteriorly, the deepest portion behind 

 the middle ; prosternum armed with a pair of long spines. 

 Legs moderately stout ; fore coxae armed with a long sharp 

 spine ; fore tibiae with conchate foramina on both sides, un- 



