128 LABIID.^. 



MetasterDal lobe narrow, truncate. Elytra and wings well 

 developed. Legs moderately long, slender ; third tarsal segment a 

 trifle shorter than the first. Abdomen depressed, parallel-sided, 

 with lateral tubercles. Last dorsal segment ample. Penultimate 

 ventral segment ample, rounded. Pygidium various. Forceps 

 elongate, various. 



Banf/c. Tropical Asia and Africa. 



Approaches PJatylahia in the form of the antennte and the 

 depi'essed body, but the depression is not so strougly marked, 

 and the lateral abdominal tubercles are distinct. There are 

 about a dozen species, but the genus needs a thorough revision. 



S. furcifer, Borm., the type of the genus, is the male of 

 Sjxiratta semifulva, Borm., which is congeneric with Chcvtospania 

 inornata, Karsch, so the genus Chcetosj^ania coincides with Spliin- 

 golahis. 



78. Sphingolabis feae, Borm** (Fig. 44.) 



Chsetospania fese, Bormans, (94) p. 390, (00'^) p. 76 ; Kirby, (04) p. 22. 



Eeddish testaceous, with long pale bristles. Antennae with 12 

 segments, fuscous, the apical segment paler. Pronotum black, as 

 broad as the head, a little longer than broad, subrectangular, with 

 rounded angles. Elytra ample, black, coriaceous. Wings of the 

 same colour and texture. Legs yellowish. Abdomen reddish 

 shaded with blackish ; lateral tubercles prominent ; rectangular 

 and parallel-sided in the S , slightly dilated in the middle in 

 the $ . Last dorsal segment ample, rectangular, with an in- 

 distinct triangular median depression and blunt tubercles over 

 the roots of the forceps ; posterior margin truncate. Pygidium 

 of cS produced, of varying length, parallel-sided, with a deep 

 triangular incision at the apex ; in the $ quadrate, not so 

 prominent. Forceps with the branches in the d' remote at 

 the base, trigonal, depressed, elongate, nearly straight, gently 

 curved inwards at the apex, with a sharp tooth a little beyond 

 the middle on the inner margin ; in the $ broader, thicker 

 and shorter, nearer together than in the d", the inner margin 

 somewhat dilated and crenulate. 



Length of body .... 

 ,, forceps . . 



Burma : Karen-ui, Keba District, 3000-3700 ft., v./xii., 4000- 

 4300 ft., i. ; Karen-ni, Geku District, 4300-4700 ft. ii./iii. 

 (Genoa Mus., Brit. Miis., coll. Burr). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



This species resembles some forms of Platylabia, especially in 

 the female, but the body is less depressed and the form of the 

 pygidium of the male is quite characteristic. 



It occurs in Lombok and probably also in Java. 



