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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



excavate ; .the lateral angles of the posterior lobe souiewhat promi- 

 nently nodulose ; apical areas of the femora distinctly subnodulose. 



Long, 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Tonkin ; Chapa. 



Sphedanolestes femoralis, sp. n. 



Castaneous-brown ; about anterior half of posterior pronotal lobe, 

 upper surfaces of the femora, posterior tibiae, excluding basal areas, 

 antennae, apical area of rostrum, a subtriangular spot to head above 

 behind eyes, and tegmina, excluding basal angle, shining black ; basal 

 joint of antennae about as long as head and anterior pronotal lobe 

 together; pronotum with both lobes centrally longitudinally impressed, 

 the lateral angles of the posterior lobe broadly subnodulose. 



Long, inch tym., 12 mm. 



Habitat. — Luang Prabang ; Van Nham. 



Allied to the Chinese species ^S'. impressicoUis, Stal, and 

 S. incertiit, Dist. 



Spliedanolestes aterrimus, sp. n. 



Black, shining ; eyes dull ochraceous ; first joint of antennae about 

 as long as head and anterior pronotal lobe together ; anterior and 

 posterior pronotal lobe strongly centrally longitudinally excavate, 

 the lateral angles of the posterior lobe broadly subnodulose ; exposed 

 apical areas of the membrane bronzy-brown ; apical areas of the 

 femora subnodulose. 



Long, inch membr., (J 14 mm., 9 17 mm. 



Habitat. — Tonkin, Chapa ; Luang Prabang, Sop Choun ; Annam, 

 Keng Trap. 



Cosmolestes nirp'iniis, sp. n. 



Head above black, finely palely pilose, beneath pale ochraceous, 

 a black longitudinal line extending from eyes to base ; antennae 

 ochraceous ; pronotum black, the margins more or less ochraceous ; 

 scutellum and tegmina black, the spatulately dilated apex of the first, 

 stramineous ; body beneath and legs stramineous, apex of rostrum, 

 triannulations to femora — the sub-basal and apical ones most pro- 

 nounced — bases and apices of tibite, broad transvei'se segmental 

 fasciae to abdomen, and lateral marginal areas to sternum, black ; 

 basal joint of antennae about as long as anterior femora ; anterior 

 lobe of pronotum prominently globose and deeply centrally longi- 

 tudinally incised ; membrane distinctly passing abdominal apex ^ 

 coimexivum black with bright segmental ochraceous spots. 



Long, inch membr., 13 mm. 



Habitat. — Laos ; Vientiane. 



Velinus castaneus, sp. n. 



Pale castaneous ; eyes biannulations to femora, tibiae, excluding 

 basal areas, and quadrate spots to connexivum, black ; membrane 

 pale bronzy ; antennae pale castaneous, but in most specimens 

 becoming more or less black in the two apical joints ; the basal 

 joint about as long as head and pronotum together ; basal joint of 

 rostrum not quite reacliing posterior margins of eyes ; apical areas 



