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Long. Corp. 25 — 27 mill. 



Sumatra (N. E.): Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, and lake of 

 Toba (Dr. B. Hagen). 



Hippokleides, gen. nov. 



Ad sectionem Emesaria St§,li pertinens, ab generibus 

 ceteris per femora postica subbrevia distinguendus. 



Head and prouotum strongly granulate. Tylus with a 

 porrect apical spine. Anteocular and postocular areas of vertex 

 subequal in length, the latter scarcely narrowing towards 

 the base. First and second segments of rostrum subincrassate, 

 much thicker than third, which is about three times as long as 

 either of the two preceding ; first segment not half so long 

 as anteocular area of head. Anterior femur about | longer 

 than tibia and tarsus together; tibia and tarsus subequal, the 

 latter unjointed, not extending beyond the big spine of the 

 femur; intermediate and posterior tarsi very short, much 

 shorter than anterior tarsi, posterior femora not extending 

 beyond apex of abdomen. Abdominal apical margins straight, 

 cf 7tii segment produced posteriorly above completely over 

 remaining segments ; 9*^ segment very large as seen ventrally. 



Hippokleides Horsti^ sp. nov. 



Apterous. First segment of antennae i longer than second. 

 Pronotum | longer than head, wider at apex than at base 

 of anterior lobe; posterior lobe parallel-sided (or slightly 

 widening posteriorly), shorter than anterior lobe. Dark 

 blackish-brown, with a reddish tinge. Second antennal seg- 

 ment pallid. 



Long. Corp. 21 mill. 



Patria ignota (Botanic Gardens, Leyden, H. Witte). 



Probably imported from Sumatra or Java. 



Ischnobaena polymela^ sp. nov. 



Differs from the Philippine species (macerrima St^l and 

 Dohrnii StS,l) by the more or less uniform flavous colour, 

 and by the shorter anterior coxae, which are shorter than the 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, ^^ol. XXIII. 



