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segments of the pavameres, whicli agree with the description 

 and figures of the parameres o£ Gelotolabis burri of Zacherj 

 tlie descriptions do not agree, so this species is distinct from 

 G. burri ; but if the genus Gelotolabis is to stand, this species 

 will probably fall into it. 



Anisolabis kristenseni, sp. n. 



Statura sat magna ; corpus atrum, capita pedibusque rufo-fulvis ; 

 pronotutn sublatius quam longiiis ; abdomen c? sat dilatatum, 

 segmentis 5-9 lateribus acutis et rugulosis ; segmentum penulti- 

 muin ventrale c? late rotundatum, apice truncatum ; parameres 

 angusti, lanceolati ; forcipis bracchia c? basi rem.ota, triquetra, 

 asymmetrica, hand dcntala. 



6- 2- 



Long, corporis 21-23 mm. 20-23*5 mm. 



„ forcipis 4 „ 5 „ 



Size rather large and build powerful. 



General colour jet-black, the head deep orange-red and 

 leas oranore. 



Antennye grey-brown, basal two segments 3^ellowish. 



Head smooth, tumid, deep orange-red, sutures distinct ; 

 eyes small. 



Pronotum nearly square, but slightly wider than long, all 

 sides straigiit; slightly wider posteriorly than anteriorly; 

 smooth. 



J\Ieso- and metanotnm smooth. 



Sternum dirty yellow ; prosternnm almost parallel-sided ; 

 mesosternum rounded; metasternura truncate. 



Legs orange-yellow ; tarsi long, first segments, with bristles 

 and pubescence, as long as second and third united. 



Abdomen moderately dilated before the apex in both 

 sexes ; jet-black, the upper surface finely rugulose ; in the cJ 

 the sides of segments 5 to 9 are acute and rugulose. 



Last dorsal segment ^ transverse, rectangular, nearly 

 smooth ; in ? slightly narrowed. 



Penultimate ventral segment cJ broadly rounded, the apex 

 truncate ; in $ obcusangular. 



Apical segment of parameres narrow, almost lanceolate, 

 nearly four times as long as broad. 



Pygidium ^ ? wiLh a depression, but no tubercles. 



Forceps with the branches (J remote, stout, trigonal in 

 basal half, abruptly attenuate in the apical half, strongly and 

 asymmetrically bowed, with no teeth, but nearly obsolete 

 denticulation on inner margin ; in the ? feebly bowed, 



