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uated at sides of head a little behind the middle. Antennas a little 

 longer than head, with three distinct joints; first joint small; second 

 joint clavate, one and one-third times as long as the terminal from 

 which it is separated by a strong constriction, punctate; third joint 

 smooth and shining, nearly twice as broad as the second, broadest at 

 apex, tip trmicate. Prothorax slightly broader than long with a strong, 

 elongate impression at middle of basal half, punctate similarly to head. 

 Elytra together longer than broad, posterior corners broadly rounded, 

 border shallowly concave at middle; coarsely shallowly and rather 



Fig. 9. Liphyra hrassolis Westw. larva, dorsal and ventral views. 



sparsely punctate. Abdomen distinctly narrower than elytra ; first seg- 

 ment with strong lateral margin; anterior glandular processes mod- 

 erately developed; pit small, occupying less than one-third of the sur- 

 face, transverse, grooved at bottom. Femora of uniform thickness, 

 armed basally with a rather thick spine, a little less than half as long as 

 the femur, nearly straight at basal two-thirds, then bent at a rounded 

 obtuse angle. Mesosternum apically with a pair of strong elongate, 

 triangular spines in front of inner margin of posterior coxi. First ventral 

 segment as long as the second and third together. 



Host : Prenolepis bengalensis Forel. 



Described from two specimens taken with a colony of the 

 host ant beneath a stone on the Tai Levu Coast, Viti Levu, 

 Fiji. 



