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  Species 
  of 
  Ful'^OYidse. 
  419 
  

  

  Long., 
  excl. 
  tegm 
  , 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  tegm. 
  26 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab, 
  Malabar; 
  Talipaiamba 
  {T. 
  B. 
  Fletcher, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Tliis 
  specimen 
  was 
  found 
  ou 
  " 
  Pepper." 
  

  

  Genus 
  Diostkombus. 
  

  

  I)iostromhus,V\\\QY, 
  Proc. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  U.S. 
  1896, 
  p. 
  283; 
  Muir, 
  Bull. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  Stat. 
  Haw. 
  Plant. 
  Assoc. 
  1913, 
  p. 
  80. 
  

   Dronu, 
  Uist. 
  Faun. 
  Brit. 
  Ind., 
  Rhynch. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  305 
  (1906). 
  

  

  Type, 
  D. 
  politus, 
  Uliler 
  (from 
  Japan). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Muir 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  a 
  cotype 
  o£ 
  Diostromhus 
  

   from 
  the 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Museum, 
  and 
  has 
  found 
  it 
  congeneric 
  

   with 
  my 
  Drona. 
  I 
  accept 
  his 
  decision, 
  and 
  amend 
  the 
  

   nomenclature 
  accordingly. 
  The 
  species 
  I 
  now 
  know 
  are: 
  — 
  

  

  D. 
  poUtus, 
  Uhler. 
  Japan. 
  

  

  D. 
  carnosus 
  {Derbe, 
  P/ienice?),Westw., 
  and 
  D.(^Drona) 
  pen- 
  

   natuSj 
  Dist. 
  Brit. 
  India. 
  

  

  The 
  Ethiopian 
  species 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  D. 
  (Derbe) 
  lanius, 
  Stal. 
  Caffraria. 
  

  

  D. 
  (Drona) 
  grahanii,Dlst. 
  Ashanti; 
  Nyasaland, 
  Mt. 
  Mlanje 
  

  

  {S. 
  A. 
  Neave). 
  

   D. 
  {Thracia) 
  apicalis, 
  Hagl. 
  Congo. 
  

   D. 
  gowdeyi, 
  Dist. 
  Uganda. 
  

  

  Diostrombus 
  gowdei/i, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Body 
  shining 
  black 
  ; 
  eyes 
  and 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  ochraceous; 
  abdomen 
  above 
  and 
  body 
  beneath 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  cretaceously 
  tomentose 
  ; 
  legs 
  ochraceous, 
  the 
  femora, 
  

   apices 
  of 
  tibise, 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  piceous 
  ; 
  tegmina 
  and 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  slightly 
  tinted 
  with 
  brownish 
  oclu'aceous, 
  venation 
  

   black 
  or 
  piceous 
  ; 
  vertex 
  moderately 
  produced 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  eyes, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  bifurcate 
  ; 
  face 
  narrow, 
  laterally 
  ridged 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   large, 
  tricarinate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinse 
  somewhat 
  obscure 
  ; 
  

   niesonotum 
  large, 
  convex, 
  smooth, 
  glossy, 
  non-carinate 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  furnished 
  apically 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  long 
  

   forceps-like 
  anal 
  appendages; 
  tegmina 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  mem- 
  

   brane 
  possessing 
  three 
  oblique 
  transverse 
  veins 
  on 
  its 
  apical 
  

   half, 
  upper 
  ulnar 
  area 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  vein 
  near 
  middle; 
  

   secoiid 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head. 
  

  

  Long., 
  excl. 
  tegm., 
  4-4^ 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  tegm. 
  19-22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Uganda 
  (C. 
  C. 
  Gowdey, 
  Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

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