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tciixeumoxid.t:. 



beyoud the single submiirginal iiervure; first recurrent of liind 

 wings subopposite juiil emitting the apicallj curved nervelhis from 

 its exact centre. 



Lent/th 13 milhm. 



]N'icoBAii Islands {Col. C. T. Bin;/Jiam). 



Tjipe in the British ^Iiiseum. 



This species is probably referable to Fiirstev's subgt^nus 

 Choriscliizas : tlie specimen I have examined possesses a curious 

 malformation of the inner right hind tarsal claw, which is 

 strongly constricted centrally, and thence cleft into two branches, 

 superficially resembling the bifid anterior claws ; the left is 

 normal. 



11. Acaenitus alecto, sp. n. 



(S . A handsoDie black species, with black antennaj and body, 

 uniformly clouded wings, and pale legs. Head stout, \\ith the 

 distinctly bordered occiput as broad as the internally entire eyes ; 

 frons smooth and dull, with distinct irregular punctures, fiuelv 

 and obsoletely carinate only between the small scrobes ; face 



Fig. 8. — Acceniftts alecto, Mori. 



Jarge, closely, strongly and evenly punctate, and, like the mouth, 

 cheeks, and orbits to above scrobes, flavous ; clypeus glabrous, 

 impressed throughout its apex, imperfectly separated by a circular 

 fovea on either side; mandibles with tlie black apical teeth of 

 equal length and their base not broader than the length of the 

 cheeks. Antenna' fully as long as the body ; flagellum ;U-jointed, 

 filiform and becoming a little attenuated apically, with the apices 

 of all the joints subnodulose; black, with the scape flavous 

 beneath and variegated above. Thorax black, unevenly punctate, 

 with short white pilosity ; mesonotum somewhat dull, with its 

 notauli deeply impressed and their central lobe vertical ; meta- 

 thorax strongly costate, with the areola small and exactly 



