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between the toruli flat and raised, but coming to an acute pointed ridge superiorly, 

 where the scapal grooves coalesce. Frons and vertex broad ; occiput and vertex 

 meeting in a distinct edge, which is not however chitinised, ridged or internally 

 thickened. Eyes moderate, a Kttle prominent, bare. Vertex and frons with a 

 few remarkable stout curved spine-Uke bristles in addition to others of a more 

 usual calibre. 



Antenna 9 (ll)-jointed : scape, pedicel, 2 ring-joints, 4 in funicle, club with 3 

 segments, the distal suture indistinct. 



Mouth-parts. Labrum oblong, straight-edged, mandibles bidentate, the upper 

 tooth with broad edge. Maxillary and labial palpi both 3-jointed. 



Thorax. Pronotum broad, not deeply emarginate antero-medianly ; spiracular 

 emargination very small ; postero-lateral angles extending considerably beyond 

 the hind marginal row of bristles. Prosternum pentagonal, the postero-lateral 

 edges practically in one Une, with distinctive apophysis. Mesonotum ^nth the 

 parapsidal furrows straight, distinct and deep ; mid-lobe with numerous stout 

 bristles ; parapsides with a longitudinal row of 5 spinose bristles and 3 even 

 stouter before the tegula, deeply invaded by the axillae, which bear several spinose 

 or weaker bristles. Scutellum with 6 bristles (3, 3) ; the 2 sensory pustules minute 

 and posterior ; mesophragma very short, apically bilobed. Prepectus quadrate, 

 with a narrow median coimection ; pleurae distinctly impressed ; a strong internal 

 chitinisation from the antero-ventral angle of the episternite to the insertion of 

 the mid-coxae. Epimeron separated off by an incrassation, except just above 

 the coxae. Metanotum and propodeon broad, narrow, medianly carinate. 



Wings. Forewings with the junction of marginal and sub marginal thickened ; 

 marginal long i postmarginal and radius well developed, subequal ; submarginal 

 with long stout bristles ; submarginal cell rather deep. Basal area of wing bare. 

 Hindwings with the hind margin very concave near base. 



Legs. Fore legs with one stout long spinose black femoral bristle, subapical and 

 ventral ; first tarsal comb not transverse, lateral but occupying the mid half of the 

 ventral edge. Mid legs with 2 heavy subapical spinose femoral bristles and a rather 

 weak long frayed tibial spur. Hind legs with the coxae large and broad ; femora 

 with a distinct antero-ventral groove on apical two-thirds, receiving the folded 

 tibia, the edge posteriorly flattened ; tibia bicalcarate. In all the tarsi the first joint 

 is long, and the fifth somewhat expanded. 



Abdomen. Segments sub-equal, the first shorter than 2-4. Free portion of the 

 sheath short in proportion to the base. 



Eriaporus laticeps, sp. nov. 



$. Vertex and frons pale yellowish ; antennae pale with a reddish brown 

 tinge on the scape, the funicle more or less infuscated, especially on the club ; 

 ocelli chestnut brown, eyes darker, occiput blackish brown, genae yellowish brown, 

 mandibles pale, brown-tipped. Thorax and abdomen blackish brown, but the 

 tegulae distinctly pale and the anterior edge of the pronotal collar narrowly 

 lighter. On the first visible abdominal segment are two large yellow spots, 

 separated medianly by rather less than their own. breadth of the groimd-colour, 



