SrONGIPHOllA. "^ 113 



the third. Head depressed, rather broad; eyes prominent. 

 Pronotum longer than broad, sides parallel, gently narrowed 

 posteriorly. Elytra and wings ample; the latter paler at the 

 base. Legs brown ; tarsi paler, long and slender, first and third 

 segments equally long. Abdomen dull brown, finely rugulose. 

 Last dorsal segment of (S ample, smooth, nearly square ; narrow 

 in $ . Pygidium of c? forming a prominent rectilinear plate, 

 narrowed towards the apex which is truncate ; in 2 square, 

 faintly emarginate at apex. Porceps of c? remote at base, 

 depressed, long and nearly straight, sometimes with a strong 

 depressed triangular tooth near the base and several small teeth 

 beyond ; in 5 not contiguous, straight, short at base then 

 tapering, denticulate. 



d 2 



Length of body .... 8-12 mm. 10-5-11-5 mm. 

 „ forceps . . 3*5-8 „ 35-6 „ 



Burma : Karen-ni, Keba Distr., about 3000 ft. (Genoa JTus.). 

 Occurs also in Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 

 2i/pe in the Grenoa Museum. 



Easy to recognize by the uniform dull brown colour and the 

 form of the pygidium and forceps. 



04. Spongipliora semiflava, Borm. (Pig. 37.) 



Spongophora semiflava, L'.onn. (94) p. 385. 



Spongiphora semiflava, Bonn. (00^) p. 59 ; Klrby, (04) p. 30. 



Small ; antennae with 15 segments, brown, paler near the base. 

 Head dark brown. Pronotum brown, trapezoidal, widened 

 posteriorly. Elytra ample, brown, with a long discoidal yellow 

 band and clothed with short stiff bristles. Wings brown, with a 

 large yellow spot. Base of femora brown ; rest of legs yellow. 

 Abdomen blackish chestnut. Pygidium of S broad and flat, 

 rapidly narrowing towards the apex which is bifid, with sharp 

 lobes. Porceps of S with the branches testaceous, remote at 

 the base, long and straight, rather depressed, the inner edge 

 near the base is dilated in the form of a flattened plate • in the 

 $ shorter, contiguous at the base, nearly straight. 



Length of body S mm. 8 mm. 



„ forceps .... 3-5 ,, ]-75 „ 



Burma : Karen-ni, Keba Distr., 3000-3700 ft., v.-xii. ; Karen- 

 ni, G-eku Distr., 4300-4700 ft., ii./iii. {Genoa Mas.) ; Thagata, iii., 

 Bhamo, viii. {coll. Burr). 



Also recorded from Sarav\"ak. 



Tt/pe in the Genoa Museum. 



Apart from the distinctive coloration, the form of the pygidium 

 of this species renders it unmistakable. 



