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lanciform ; episterna moderate, humeral, anteriorly much deflexed ; epimera 

 very large, reaching to the coxal cavities; coxal cavities moderate, rounded, 

 separated by the carina. 

 meta8temwm (PI. XII., fig. 2, g) very large, almost extending to the sides of the 

 body, with the hinder margin minutely bidentate between the coxae : episterna 

 long and narrow, scarcely visible; epimera long and narrow, covered by the 

 i l\ tra. 

 Venter composed of six segments of nearly equal ipical segment entire. 



Legs Blender and rather short, 'interim- with the trochanters small, trigonal; femora 

 Bimple; tibiae slightly dilated towards the apex ; tarsi three-jointed ; 1 and 2 

 short and stout, with a long seta on each side at their apex, 2 shorter than 1 ; 

 3 very long and very slender ; claws slender, faintly curved. 

 intvrmnlititr like the anterior, but rather shorter. 



posterior (PI. XII., fig. 8) with the trochanters large, claviform; femora robust, 

 simple ; tibiae with the inner side serrate towards the apex and setose, in other 

 lects like the anterior. 

 Coxa mih rior rather large, oval, rather prominent, and contingent 

 intermediate round, separated l>\ the carina. 



posterior rather large, prominent and contingent, broadly and Bubovally 

 laminated for their whole length. 



Mikado Japonicus. 



.1/. Japonicus, Matthews, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, iii. p. 189, 1889. 



L. e. ,;, ,',, lin. = 0'37-0"50 mm. — Obconicus, elongatus, postice validissime 

 attenuatus, nitidissimus, flavus, pilis brevibus aureis vestitus ; capite sat magno, 

 antice elongato, fere rostriformi; oculis nigris, magnis, valde prominentibus ; 

 /.> modico, glabro, nitidissimo, ad basim latissimo, lateribus valde rotundatis, 

 me basali maribus leviter arcuata, angulis productis, foemineis fere recta, an- 

 gulis hand productis : elytris pronpto duplo longioribus, hand latioribus, ad 

 humeros latissimis, postice valde attenuatis, leviter et remote asperatis, lateribus 

 & iv rectis, leviter marginatis, apicibus oblique truncatis; abdomine convexo, seg- 

 mentis duobus apertis ; pedihus atque antennis brevibus, flavis. 



Body obconic, elongate, strongly attenuated posteriorly, very shining, yellow, 



clothed with short golden hair. 

 Head rather large, elongate, and almost rostriform in front; eyes black, largo, and 



very prominent ; antennae short, pale yellow. 

 Thorax moderate, smooth, and very shining, widest at the base, sides much 



rounded, basal margin in the males faintly arcuate, with the angles produced, 



in the females nearly straight, with the angles acute, not produced. 

 Sent, Hum moderate, broadly triangular. 

 Elytra twice longer, but not broader than the thorax, widest at the shoulders, much 



attenuated posteriorly, faintly and remotelj asperated, sides nearly straight, 



slightly margined, extremities obliquely truncate. 

 Abdotm n conical, with two segments exposed. 

 Legs short and slender, yellow. 

 / ' a,!, r parts wholly yellow ; apex of the venter entire. 



Habitat, Asia. 



This very distinct and remarkable insect was found plentifully in a fungus 

 near Yiiyama, Eigo, Japan, by Mr. Lewis. It hears do resemblance to any genus 

 but Myrmicotrichis, from which it is abundantly distinguished by its elongate 

 rostriform head, and conspicuous black eyes. 



