34 E. Bcrgroth : 



24. Germalu.s sexlinkatus, n. ,sp. 



Dull, pair dingy ocliraceous incudiiig ank'iniao. rostrum, am! 

 leiTH, a (lot on upper side of antenniferous tul)erck's. two dots (one 

 on a level with the other) on upper side of first anteiinal joint, and 

 one dot on under side of this joint blaek, a streak between the ex- 

 t<_rior u}>}ier dot of first antennal joint and tlie tij} of the joint, a small 

 spot near liumeral angles of pronotum, apieal angle of elavus and 

 of coriunj. a sjtot at apieal mai-gin of eonnexival segments, and on 

 tlie alxlominal tergum three narrow vittae to tlie penultimate seg- 

 iru'iit, a narrow faseia connecting the post^rioi- ends of these vittae, 

 and a l)road median vitta to the last dorsal and the male genital 

 segment fuscous, these abdominal markings tolerably well visible 

 through tlie translucent memljrane, a slightly ol>li(pie longitudinal 

 line on each side of vertex and six percurrent narrow vittae on pro- 

 notum i-iisty red, three or four slightly infuscated sublateral spots 

 to each ventral segment, femora sparsely dotted with black, except 

 front side of fore femora. Head a little over two times broader than 

 K>ng and slightly broader than base of pronotum, impunctate, with an 

 oblique impressed line lietween ocelli and base of ocular peduncle, this 

 l>edunele directed outwards and a little backwards, its anterior 

 margin very short, less than one-third the width of an eye, whereas 

 its posterior margin is much longei- and almost but not cpiite touch- 

 ing latero-anterior maigin of pronotum, eyes viewed from above 

 slightly moi-e than twice longer than broad, orelli not fpiite twice 

 more apart from each otl:er tlian from the near* sr point of the eves, 

 the distance between the ocelli heing as long as lietween tliem 

 and the posterior angle of the eyes, antennae a little longei- 

 than head and pronotum together, second joint twice the length 

 of first, third one-third shortei- tlian second, fourth subecpial 

 in length to third, buccula© slightly passing apex of antenni- 

 ferous tubercles, rostrum reaching middle of intermediate coxae, 

 first two joints subequal in length, third a little shorter than second 

 and ecpial to fourth. Pi'onotum one-half broader than its median 

 length, slightly narrowing from base to apex, sparsely and finely 

 punctured with ])rown, a transver.se jDostapical fascia not reaching 

 lateral margins and the basal l)order impunctate, tlie two median 

 reddish vittae nearer to each other than to the following pair, apical 

 margin straight in the middle, obliquely truncate bekind the ocular 

 peduncle of the head, lateral margins almost straight. Scutelhim 

 as long as broad and one-third shorter than pronotum in the middle, 

 finely and rathei- thickly punctured with fuscous, but with the usual 



