242 PARASTASIA SORDIDA. 



not only are the punctures thus ocellated , but when highly 

 magnified it is seen that the central spot of each itself 

 consists of an elevated portion surrounded by a margin ; 

 the wing cases are of a brownish or cinnamon colour , and 

 have behind the scutellum an indistinct transverse dark mark 

 extending forwards on each side towards the shoulder. Pygi- 

 dium very coarsely punctured especially towards the extremity. 



A single specimen from the district of Rawas (May 1878). 

 Pound also by A. R. Wallace on the same island. 



This species and P. nigripennis are very distinct from 

 any others of the genus known to me , and are remarkable 

 by their very thick , and short middle tarsi , the front 

 claw of which bears an enormous tooth ; the middle tibiae 

 are short and thick , but a good deal narrower at the ex- 

 tremity ; the ligular portion of the labium is larger than 

 in the other species. 



Thornhill, August 1881. 



Notes Irom the Leyden ]yiuseum. Vol. III. 



