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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  in 
  subusta. 
  The 
  anterior 
  and 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  have 
  long 
  fringes 
  

   of 
  white 
  hair 
  behind. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Formosa 
  (Saute?'). 
  Five 
  males 
  in 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

   The 
  type 
  is 
  from 
  Koroton, 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  September, 
  1907, 
  

   Two 
  are 
  from 
  Koroton, 
  Sept. 
  8 
  ; 
  two 
  from 
  Kagi, 
  Aug. 
  20. 
  

  

  M. 
  subusta 
  and 
  rufovittata 
  are 
  certainly 
  distinct 
  species, 
  

   yet 
  extremely 
  closely 
  allied. 
  

  

  Meyacldle 
  aspernata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  pale 
  pubescence, 
  which 
  is 
  white 
  beneath 
  and 
  

   on 
  legs, 
  above 
  ochreous-tinted 
  ; 
  head 
  broad, 
  eyes 
  pale 
  

   greenish, 
  moderately 
  converging 
  below 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  ferrugi- 
  

   nous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  front 
  very 
  densely 
  and 
  minutely 
  granular- 
  

   punctate, 
  concave 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  vertex 
  finely 
  irregularly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  very 
  densely 
  granular- 
  

   punctate, 
  like 
  front 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  dull 
  ; 
  tegulae 
  rather 
  

   light 
  brown, 
  with 
  pallid 
  margins. 
  Wings 
  hyaline; 
  second 
  

   r.n. 
  ending 
  nearly 
  as 
  far 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  second 
  s.m. 
  as 
  first 
  

   from 
  its 
  base. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  with 
  strong 
  spines 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  femora 
  with 
  inner 
  surface 
  pale 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  their 
  

   tibiae 
  a 
  little 
  reddish 
  apically, 
  and 
  behind 
  with 
  a 
  brush 
  of 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  their 
  tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  bearing 
  a 
  hollow, 
  

   boat-shaped 
  scale 
  or 
  lobe, 
  which 
  is 
  pale 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  and 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  are 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  behind, 
  

   the 
  middle 
  ones 
  not 
  only 
  have 
  a 
  large 
  thick 
  fringe, 
  but 
  the 
  

   outer 
  surface 
  is 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  

   have 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  white 
  hair 
  in 
  front. 
  Abdomen 
  rather 
  short, 
  

   finely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  coarse 
  hair-bands 
  ; 
  sixth 
  

   segment 
  with 
  the 
  projecting 
  edge 
  broadly 
  rounded, 
  emargi- 
  

   nate 
  in 
  middle, 
  and 
  coarsely 
  toothed 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  of 
  sixth 
  

   segment 
  almost 
  wholly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  mat 
  of 
  creamy- 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  no 
  subapical 
  ventral 
  teeth 
  ; 
  margins 
  of 
  third 
  and 
  

   fourth 
  ventral 
  segments 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  semicircular 
  patch 
  

   of 
  glistening 
  appressed 
  pale 
  yellow 
  hair, 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   the 
  other 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Takao, 
  Formosa, 
  July 
  1, 
  1907 
  (Sauter). 
  One 
  male 
  

   in 
  Berlin 
  Museum, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  pubescence 
  in 
  poor 
  condition. 
  

  

  Very 
  distinct 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  Formosa 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs 
  ; 
  the 
  dentate 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   sixth 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  recalls 
  the 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  quite 
  different 
  M. 
  kagiana. 
  I 
  cannot 
  find 
  any 
  species 
  

   very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  M. 
  aspernata. 
  

  

  