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above, though serrated and dentated; beneath it throws off a 

 strong pointed projection, directed downwards over the vertex, 

 and dentated above ; the extremity of the upper appendage is not 

 furcate, as in C. luuiibertianus, but is irregularly toothed and 

 ■somewhat excavated beneath, betweeu the extremity and tlie 

 lower branch. The lateral abdominal carinae are strongly toothed 

 •and serrulated. The tibiae and tarsi are black, banded witli 

 yellow ; hind tarsi with 4 or 5 small spines on che upper carinas, 

 -and serrulated nearer the base. 



Length 8 mm. 



Ceylon (Roberts). 



Tyjje in the British ]\[useum. 



■S. Cladonotus latiramus, Jianc. 



Cladonotus leitiramm, Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pp. 107, 11 3, 

 114, pi. i, iiu-. 1; id., Gen. Ins., Orth. Tetrig. 1906, p. 16, pi. i 

 Kiiby, Cat. Orth. iii, 1910, p. 9. 



Brown, very similar to the last species, but the pronotal process 

 is nearly straight, expanding towards the upper extremity, where 

 it is broadest, aud subfurcate ; in front it is strongly toothed and 

 •excavated, curving regularly inwards and outwards, the lower 

 projection over the vertex being comparatively short. Hind tibia? 

 with numerous small spines on the upper carinae. 



Length 9 mm. 



Ceylon : Kandy {Green). 



Tgpe in the Collection of J. L. Hancock. 



Described from a single male. 



Genus [MNEMA] nov.* 



Type, Cladonotm 2wlops, Walk. 



Hanr/e. Ceylon. 



Body apterous, sti'ongly rugose. Vertex considerably wider 

 :thau the width of the eye and with a spine on each side ; antennae 

 very slender, on a level with the lower part of the eyes, the bifid 

 carina projecting distinctly between them as seen from above. 

 'Pronotum very broad at the slioulders, the lateral angles lamin- 

 ately tridentate, tlie long middle one acute; upper surface humped 

 between the shoulders, and the median line strongly dentated 

 behind ; apex of pronotum acutely pointed, extending beyond the 

 ..abdomen. Four front femora with strong triangular teeth, both 

 above aud below ; four front tibiae with two small nodules above - 

 hind legs wanting. A strong spine on tlie upper side of the 

 abdomen in front of the upcurved terminal plate. 



Possibly allied to Poiua. 



* [Left unuamecl in niavuiscript by Mr. Kirby.] 



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