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nietastei'ULim evidently longer than the intermediate coxae, its 

 episterna narrow. Legs with tlie corbels of the posterior tibiae 

 densely squamose inside. 



The remaining characters as described for Dermatoxeniis, Mshl. 



Range. Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java, and Japan. 



24. Dermatodes auratus, sp. uov. 



Colour black, with dense uniform golden green scaling, except 

 on the head and rostrum, which are pale sandy with a slight 

 metallic reflexion. 



Head convex, the forehead only slightly broader than the eye, 

 with a deep central furro\^• and with a few scattered punctures 

 visible through the dense sealing. Rostrum stout, dilated from 

 base to apex, separated from the head by a curved impression, the 

 genae bluntly angulate, the upper surface convex and without 

 furrows or carinse. Antenncf piceous, with dense pale scaling, the 

 funicle with joint 2 tliinner but hardly longer than 1, the re- 

 maining joints almost equal to one another. Protliorax broader 

 than long, the sides subparallel from the base to beyond the 



Fig. 19. — Dermatodes auratus, Mshl. 



middle, then narrowed to the apex, \\hicli is vertically truncate at 

 the sides, the upper surface uneven and rugose, with a few small 

 black granules showing through the scaling. Eh/tra ovate, \\ith 

 a deep central emargination at the base, tlie shoulders broadly 

 rounded and rather sloping, the sides gradually narrowing from 

 behind the shoulders, the apex rather sharply acuminate, the 

 striae narrow, the punctures scarcely visible through the scaling, 

 the intervals broad and convex, the lateral ones with rows of 

 small distant shiny black granules, the setae very short, sparse and 

 subdepressed. Legs with dense pale scaling having a metallic 

 reflexion and with short thick setae, the tibial spines short and 

 hidden by the setae, the second joint of the hind tarsi rather 

 broader than long. 



