72 F. W. EDWARDS. 



Megarhinus (Toxorhynchites) kempi, sp. nov. 



^. Head blue-scaled ( ? rubbed). Proboscis purple, the thin portion with a greenish 

 tinge. Palpi rather longer than the proboscis, slender ; first three joints about equal 

 in length, mainly yellow-scaled, some purple scales, chiefly on upper surface, towards 

 bases of first and second, and at apices of second and third. Fourth joint dark, 

 acuminate, nearly as long as second and third together. Clypeus and basal antennal 

 joints bluish-grey-dusted, shaft of antennae yellow ; first flagellar joint with a few dark 

 scales. Thorax : Prothoracic lobes clothed with deep blue scales, a few white ones 

 beneath. Pro-epimera and pleurae with silvery-white scales. Mesonotum black, 

 scales mostly metallic green, with some purple ones intermixed (very much rubbed). 

 Abdomen without apical lateral scale tufts ; dorsal surface mostly metallic purplish 

 blue ; first tergite green ; remaining tergites each with a narrow basal band of 

 bluish green. Venter mostly yellow ; no median purple line ; eighth sternite purple. 

 Legs : Femora purple above and in front, yellow beneath. Tibiae purple. Tarsi 

 purple, the first joint on all the legs with a rather narrow and ill-defined whitish ring 

 near the base. First hind tarsal joint wdth rather long and dense bristles beneath, 

 except at the base. Front and middle claws unequal, the larger with a strong median 

 tooth, the small simple ; hind claws equal and simple. Wings as in M. leicesteri. 

 Hypopygiitm : Ninth tergite rather narrow, the bare middle part slightly emarginate 

 apically, fully twice as wide as long ; side portions each with 10-12 long hairs. Ninth 

 sternite bare. Side-pieces tapering, nearly three times as long as their basal width ; 

 basal lobes triangular, apically with two long and strong bristles. Gaspers slightly 

 shorter than the side-pieces, of even width throughout, terminal spine long, strong and 

 pointed ; about five fine hairs in a row before the tip. Tenth sternites long and rather 

 slender, their tips not conspicuously enlarged or blackened. Lower bridge of mesosome 

 ver}^ narrow and nearly basal ; paired processes of mesosome rather slender, distinctly 

 but irregularly serrate above (sternally). 



$. Palpi purple, not longer than the head. Head with mixed colours, mostly 

 blue above and pale round the eyes. Prothoracic lobes purple. Mesonotal scales 

 bright metallic green. White rings on the first tarsal segments more distinct than in 

 the male ; the tarsi have also additional white markings as follows : — en the front 

 and middle legs, a small area at the base of the second joint on the underside ; on the 

 front legs, the inner and lower side of the fourth joint, except its tip, and the underside 

 of the fifth joint ; on the middle legs, practically the whole of the fourth and fifth 

 joints, except the tip of the latter on the upper side. (The last four joints of the hind 

 tarsi are missing.) 



India: Talewadi, nr. Castle Rock, N. Kanara district, 3-10.X.1916 (5. Kemp), 

 1 (^ 1 $. Type in the Indian Museum. 



Closely resembles M. leicesteri, Theo., which differs chiefly in having the whole of 

 the last four joints of the middle tarsi of the female white ; the ninth tergite of the 

 male is broader, and the paired anterior processes of the mesosome are not serrate. 



Megarhinus (Toxorhynchites) klossi, sp. nov. 



(J. Differs from M. kempi as follows : — First joint of palpi a little shorter, third a 

 little longer than second. Scales of prothoracic lobes all purplish blue ; those of 

 pro-epimera coppery above ; of mesonotum duller, purplish and bronzy, mixed with 

 green ; of scutellum coppery. Sides of first abdominal tergite whitish. Ninth tergite 

 broader ; tenth sternites more enlarged apically ; lobes of mesosome smooth above ; 

 clasper with hair-like terminal spine. First hind tarsal joint without dense bristles 

 beneath. From T. gravelyi the differences are : — Distinct basal bands are present on 

 the abdominal tergites ; ninth tergite is less emarginate ; venter is without median 

 purple stripe, etc. 



Fed. Malay States : Kedah Peak (Gunong Jerai), 3,200 ft., xi-xii.l915 

 (C. Boden Kloss), 1 ^. Type in the British Museum. 



