BRUNETTIA. 



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179. Brunettia superstes, Ann. (PL IV, figs. 1, 3 & 9.) 



Diplonema superstes, Annandale, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (new 



^r ) iv p. 353 (1908). 

 BrimetUasuperstes, Annandale, Rec. Ind. Mus. v, p. 142 (1910). 



S 2 . Body sooty black, with a strong white refulgence ; the 

 first joint of each tarsus partly white, the extent of the white 

 portion varying with the incidence of light. ,• i • i 



Head : " Antenna with fifteen joints ; the basal joint cylindrical 

 the second almost discoidal, these two (the scape) covered with 

 scales ; each joint of the flagelhim except the last bearing, m 

 addition to a broad basal band of hairs, a long, stout S-shaped 

 ch®ta on either side ; joints of the flagellum spindle-shaped, the 

 distal end of each smooth, devoid of hairs ; the last joint bearing 

 hairs only, produced at the tip into a minute, cylindrical, blunt 

 process covered with exceedingly fine pubescence. Paipi tour- 

 fointed; the 1st joint short, the others longer, subequal; the 

 whole organ covered with flattened hairs, which gradually take 

 the form of scales towards the base of the 2nd joint " {Annandale). 

 Thorax and abdomen covered with bristly hairs, some scales inter- 

 mixed with those of the thorax, a dense tuft of semi-erect scales on 



Fig. 34.— Male genitalia of Brunettia superstes, Ann, 



the anterior border of the latter. " The male genitaha can now 

 be described in detail, for it has been possible to examine specimens 

 preserved in spirit ; to give a satisfactory account of their structure 

 from dried specimens is very difficult. The arrangement of the 

 appendages, etc., is clearly shown in the text-figure, which is drawn 

 from a specimen mounted in canada balsam. (A) represents the 

 supergenital plate (last abdominal tergite), which is thin and 

 membranous, transverse, subtriangular, with the apex slightly 



