114 LABIID.I. 



Genus EROTESIS, u. g. 



Ttpe, Sjwnrjiphora sphiiuv, Burr (Sarawak). 



Antennae with about 20 segments, slender and cylindrical ; 

 third segment rather short, the fourth much shorter ; fifth a 

 little shorter than, or about as long as, the third ; the sixth 

 a little longer, the rest gradually lengthening. Pronotum rather 

 long and narrow, gently widened posteriorly. Head depressed, 

 smooth. Elytra well developed, long and smooth. Wings well 

 developed. Prosternum long and parallel-sided, scarcely con- 

 stricted. Mesosternuni and metasternum truncate. Abdomen 

 depressed, nearly parallel-sided, second and third segments with 

 distinci; pliciform tubercles. Legs slender ; tarsi rather short and 

 broad, the first and third segments about equally long, second 

 segment small and cylindrical. Last dorsal segment of both d" 

 and 5 iimple, quadrate. Penultimate ventral segment broad and 

 well rounded in both sexes. Forceps of c? with branches slender, 

 remote at the base, elongate and arcuate ; in the $ straight and 

 simple. 



liange. Oriental Region. 



This genus is evidently allied to Sponciipliora, but differs in the 

 well-rounded penultimate ventral segment of the male and the 

 shorter first tarsal segment. 



65. Erotesis decipiens, Kirh>f* 



Labidura ? decipiens, Kirhy, (91) p. 511. 



Labidurodes decipiens, Bonn. (00^) p. 39 Kirby, (04) p, 15. 



Orange-red and yellowish. Antennae wdth 21-22 segments, 

 brownish. Head yellowish, shading to reddish above. Pronotum 

 narrow, with a vague dusky median band and clear yellow sides. 

 Elytra yellow, with the dusky band of the pronotum continued 

 down the suture to the tip of the wings, which are otherwise 

 yellow. Legs yellowish. Abdomen reddish ; pliciform tubercles 

 of the third segment very distinct. Last dorsal segment with 

 four tubercles in the middle of the posterior margin and a few 

 smaller ones at the sides, Porceps of 6 with branches remote 

 at the base, slender, gently and i-egularly arcuate and meeting at 

 the apex ; there are two or three small but sharp teeth about the 

 middle on the inner margin and a stronger one just before 

 the apex. 



6 



Length of body 11 mm. 



„ forceps 3 „ 



Assam {Brit. Mus.). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



Kirby first placed this species, with a query, in Lahidura, but it 

 is more nearly related to tSpongipliora ; in appearance it resembles 



