NAXMSOLABIS. 



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third dorsal segments ; last segment very small in both sexes. 

 Forceps very short, slender ; in the cS the branches are remote at 

 the base, slightly incurved, meeting at the apex, unarmed ; in 

 the 2 subcontiguous, almost straight, crossing at the apex. 



Length of body 6 mm, 7-5 mm. 



„ forceps 1-25 ,, 1 „ 



Ceylon : Punduluoya, d and 5 in coita (coll. Burr). 



Type in the author's collection. 



The types are unfortunately broken, and only fragments 

 remain. The mesonotum is preserved, and this, with the 

 description and figure, leaves no room for doubt as to the generic 

 position of the species. It differs from N. willeyi in the form and 

 structure of the pronotum. 



58. Nannisolabis willeyi, sp. n. 



Small ; general colour dark reddish brown. Antennae with 13 

 segments, brown, the apical segments paler ; all segments, except 

 the first, very short, only the apical two or three being slightly 

 longer than broad ; first segment about as long as third, fifth 

 and sixth united. Head smooth, tunid, sutures distinct; eyes 

 small, normal, anterior, Pronotum red-brown, smooth, decidedly 

 longer than broad and widened posteriorly ; median line distinct ; 

 sides strongly reflexed. Mesonotum with a transverse depression 

 in anterior portion, surrounded by a short raised ridge which is 

 somewhat compressed at the anterior angles, but is not sharp. 

 The mesonotum is finely punctulate, Metanotum broader than 

 the mesonotum, of the same colour and sculptui'e, the posterior 

 margin strongly concave. Legs long and slender, dirty yello\\' ; 

 the femora with indistinct darker shading. Abdomen red- 

 brown, darker basally, finely punctulate, with a fine golden 

 pubescence ; lateral tubercles of third and fourth segments very 

 distinct ; decidedly «ider in $ than in the S . Last dorsal seg- 

 ment transverse in c? , smooth, posterior margin nearly straight, 

 slightly produced on each side over the forceps ; in 2 similar but 

 narrower. Penultimate ventral segment of J' broad and rounded, 

 more so in $ than in the S . Forceps of 6 remote at base, cylin- 

 drical, straight at fii-st, strongly arcuate in the apical half ; in $ 

 contiguous, gently arcuate from the base and overlapping. 



Length of body 8 mm. 6*5 mm. 



„ forceps 1 ,, 1'5 „ 



Ceylon: Patipola, 1907 (coll. Barr), Hakgala, l.ii.06 (Dr. 

 Willey ; coll. Burr). 

 Type in the author's collection. 

 This species is alhed to N. pldletas, but is a little larger. The 



