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The geographical distribution, as is fi'equentlj tlie case with the 

 genera of this family, is very widely tropical, four species being known 

 from the Malay region (one of these occurring also in New Guinea), one 

 from West Africa, and one from Brazil, 



3£ordella serieeohrunnea Blair (Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. xx, 1915, 

 p. oS9), from New Guinea, though the S remains unknown, must be 

 included in this genus. 



Calycella palpalis, sp. n. 



Dark castaneous-brown, sericeous and pubescent. Antennae with joints 

 5-10 triangular, serrate within. Thorax widest near front, tlieuce gradually 

 narrowed t:i base ; all the angles obtuse ; anterior median lobe rounded, more 

 prominent and narrower than posterior lobe, wliich is broadly truncate. Elytra 

 finely and moderateh' densely asperately punctate, the punctures, especially on 

 the anterior half, forming transverse lines or ridges; these are particularly 

 strong upon the humeral callus. Scutellar area broadly depressed. Pygidiiim 

 of cT acute, half as long again as the hypopygium (these segments in the only 

 $ specimen are wanting). Penultimate joint of anterior and intermediate 

 tarsi a little longer than broad, slightly expanded and excavate at apex. 



J. 4th joint of maxillary palpi somewhat JJ-shaped, with one arm much 

 longer and stouter tlian the other; from beneath the bend arises a branched 

 appendage which emits first a branch that subdivides into three arms of 

 different lengths, then one that forlis into two arms of equal lengthj and finally 

 one long curled branch emitting a short arm from near its point of origin (fig. 2) 



Length 12 mm. 



5 . 4th joint of maxillary palpi securiform, the inner side short, not one- 

 third as long as the outer, the apical face oblique, oval, excavate. 



Length 15 mm. 



Hah. Bkazil, Bahia {Fry), 



Closely resembles G. (Ifordella) serieeohrunnea Blair, but the 

 latter is more slender, has the vertex of the head, viewed laterally, more 

 convex (in the present species the profile is almost evenly rounded from 

 clypeus to vertex), the 4th joint of the maxillary palpi more s}X)on- 

 shaped, i. e. the inner side and upper face extremely short and the apical 

 face widely oval and exposed from above. A figure of the palpus of 

 C. serieeohrunnea, 5, is here given (fig. 5) to show the difference 

 between the two species in that sex. 



Calycella tarsalis, sp. n. 



cJ . Piceous, antennae and two anterior pairs of legs testaceous. Antennae 

 serrate, joints 5-10 triangular. Thorax with all the angles rounded, the base 



