328 



M.(?) furcifrni ( ITorv.). ' 



D('Ij)]i(i.r fiirrlfcKi llorvath, 1S09, Tcrius. Fuzctek, XXI] 

 ]). -'>72. 



Ih'lpliax L-oloplioii Ivirkakly 1007 IT. S. V. A. Ent. IU\\1 

 111, p. I.V.), PI. XV, fig-s. 9, 10, 11. 



The vertex of this species is longer than broad with thj 



a])ex slightly narrower than the base. It is not congeneric wit| 



D<'lf)]iar()(Jrs viiil.'^aiifi Fiel)., neither is it strictlv cona'eneriii' 



',1 

 with M('(/(nii('liis iioluliis (Gerniar), bnt T think it is hettell 



])]ace(l with the latter than with the former. 



I liave s])ecimens of this species fi-oni Fiji, Aniboina 

 Ceram, India, Philippines, Sonth China (Lo-fn-shan, ;5,00( 

 feet), Formosa and da])an. They may eventually be (li\-i(le( 

 into two snbspecies as the Philippines and Indian specie> 

 differ somewhat from the ty])e. 



ii 

 M . (/era nor { i\irk. ). ; 



"Pcljilm.r" (/craiKir Kii'kaldy, 1!>()7, t. c. ir)8. j 



M. k-ahd ( Kirk.). I 



"Drl/ilin.r" hiJin Klrhihli/. I'.IOT, 1. c. ' 



.1/. l('niK)ni(is (Kirk.). 

 " Del j)li(i.i-" Iciiiionlds Kirkaldy, 1907, t. c. l.'')9. 



Cieiuis Saim)Ia Melichai'. 



S. phtfo (Kirk.). 



One male s])ccimeii from P^ormosa (Muir, I )('cember, 

 lOlCi), pi-('vioiisly known from Fiji, (^neenshmd and the Phil 

 i])j)ines. 



S. hniiinKt s]). no\-. PI. ^'I, fi^s. ."il, r)la. 



^ Vertex longer than width of base, apex al)out half the widtt 

 of base; medio-lateral carinae meeting before the apex; lateral pro 

 notal carinae diverging, slightly curved, not reaching hind margin; ii 

 profile the head not projecting so far, or the medio-frontal carina s« 

 prominent, as in the type spcies; antennae reaching to about middl< 

 of clypeus, first joint half the length of second; first hind tarsalf 

 joint as long as the other two together, spur longer than first tarsal! 

 joint, broad, laminate, with minute teeth on hind margin. 



Shiny warm blackish brown; antennae, apical portion of clypeus| 

 rostrum and legs ochraceous, genital styles light brown; tegmina anc 



