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Description vf a new spcciof <;/' ///( (jcniis Zt'/i/uniiiu. j'niin. 

 BtiiiH'o; !)y A. Sidnky OlliiI''. 



Zephronia Initlcri, n. sp. 



Pitcliy -black, with irregular obscure l)rowuisli uuirkiiigs at 

 the sides ; dorsal surface dull, polished towards lateral margins ; 

 head, nuchal plate, anteuncc, lateral wings and legs highly 

 polished. Head sparsely punctured on the disc, the apex and 

 base densely punctured and pubescent, the latter with a deep 

 central impression ; nuchal plate finely punctured ; antenna^ 

 distinctly setose, somewhat strongly punctured, terminal joint 

 large, conspicuously transverse, apex very strongly punctured, 

 l)asal joint large and swollen, second to fifth joints broader than 

 long ; lateral wings broail Avith a small marginal rim ; dorsal 

 segments closely and rather finely punctured, slightly stronger 

 and more Bparsely so at the sides, anal segment closer and more 

 delicately punctured, all the segments except the first polished 

 and minutely tuberculate anteriorly, and all, save the first and 

 last, with a laterally abbreviated transverse band of golden-brown 

 pubescence contiguous to the polished poilion ; legs sparsely Init, 

 strongly ])unctiired, clothed with minute hairs. Length 4.")-4l) 

 mm.; width 24-2G mm.; width of nuchal plate 12-18 mm. 



In the series received of this species are two specimens of a 

 chestnut-brown colour, but they agree with the typical form in 

 every other respect. 



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Fig. 1. Antenna of ZrjiltrmiiK onil/ 

 Fig 2. Antenna of Z. hidlrri. 



