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7. Sjjongiphora semijlava, Borm. 



Kuching, Jan. 2nd, 1900, 1 ? ; July 7th, 1899, 1 £ . 



This species, which closely resembles Labia mucronata, 

 Stal, in appearance, has hitherto been recorded only from 

 Burmah. 



8. Spongiphora sphinx, sp. n. 



Statura mediocri, gracili ; colore testaceo vel fusco ; antenna} 18- 

 segmentatae ; caput, antennae, pronotum, elytra, alas, pedes testa- 

 cea vel rubro-testacea ; abdomen cylindricum, testaceum vel 

 rubrum ; forceps gracilis, brachiis basi reraotis, rectis, apice 

 mucronatis, attiugentibus, margine interno minute deuticulatis ; 

 abdomen tuberculis distinctis instructum. <5 $ • 



Lorn 



Head depressed, clear brick-red: antennas 18-segmentate ; 

 the first segment long, testaceous, the remainder darker ; 

 second segment very small, the third nearly as long as the 

 second and fourth united, ihe fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 gradually lengthening, the apical segments long and slender. 



Pronotum slightly narrower than the head, long and 

 narrow, slightly broader posteriorly than anteriorly, rectan- 

 gular, the hinder angles rounded, posterior border nearly 

 straight ; clear testaceous, reddish anteriorly, the margins 

 paler ; in the ? shaded with fuscous on the disk posteriorly. 



Elytra long and narrow, clear testaceous, the outer and 

 inner margins darker. 



Whigs conspicuous, clear testaceous. 



Feet clear testaceous, clothed with a few fine pale hairs. 



Abdomen cylindrical, reddish testaceous in the J 1 , reddish 

 black in the $ ; lateral tubercles very distinct, all the seg- 

 ments very finely granulated ; last dorsal segment £ square, 

 hinder margin straight, slightly tuberculated above the inser- 

 tion of the forceps on each side ; similar in form in the !j? ; 

 penultimate ventral segment J large, rounded posteriorly, 

 not covering the apical part of the last segment, which has 

 the posterior border straight, very deeply emarginate in the 

 middle, divided into two rounded lobes, the outer angles 

 folded, forming a bicarinate tubercle on each side. In the ? 

 the penultimate ventral segment is rounded, larger, coverino- 

 the ultimate segment entirely except for the outer angles. 



Pygidium $ ? quadrate, the side slightly emarginate near 

 the apex. 



