insects infesting figs. 35 



maxillarum, palpis labialibus parvis biarticulatis, articu- 

 lis fere aequalibus, apice seta longa terminato. Antennae 

 breves, basi valde approximate et in medio antico cly- 

 pei insertae ; articulo lmo longo, parum incrassato, vix 

 dilatato, 2ndo pra3cedenti dimidio breviori, 3tio minimo 

 annuliformi ; 4to brevi cyathiformi, 5to ejusdem formae 

 at minori, 6to 7mo et 8vo, fere aequalibus et praecedenti 

 (5to) paullo majoribus, reliquis tribus massam ovalem 

 majorem formantibus. Thorax oblongus subovalis de- 

 pressus. Pronotum magnum angulis anticis rotundatis. 

 Mesonoto et metanoto brevibus, singulo lateribus rotun- 

 datis. Alae anticae (in utroque sexu?, certe in fcemina) rudi- 

 mentariae, thoracis longitudine, e filamento tenui, cylin- 

 drico multiarticulato forruatae. Alae postica3 obsoletae. 

 Pedes breves crassi, coxis magnis squamiformibus ; 

 femoribus dilatatis ; tibiis crassis clavatis, apicibus 

 acute multi-spinosis, tibiis anticis subtrigonis, inter- 

 mediis ovalibus basi angustioribus, posticis longioribus 

 curvatis extus serie denticulorum circiter 12 armatis. 

 Tarsis omnibus crassis brevibus et 5-articulatis, articulis 

 4 basalibus brevissimis obliquis, 5to maximo incrassato ; 

 unguibus crassis, basi intus acute dilatatis. Abdomen 

 oblongo-ovatum, postice attenuatum ; genitalibus maris 

 exsertis, retinaculis duobus tridentatis. 



Sycoscapter insignis, S. S. Saunders MSS. (PI. V., 

 figs. 20—29). 



Totus pallide luteo-fulvus nitidus, capite magis fulvo, 

 mandibulis magis castaneis. Long. corp. circ. 2 mm. 



Habitat in India orientali, Calcutta, in F. Indica, D. 

 Wood-Mason. In Mus. Saunders et nostr. 



The general similarity in form in the two sexes of this 

 insect, the acute apex of the rather short and robust 

 mandibles, pointed at the tips, the existence of maxillae, 

 labium and palpi, at least in the females, the place of 

 insertion and structure of the antennae, the short strong 

 and nearly equal-sized legs, 5-jointed tarsi, and the very 

 remarkable structure of the rudimentary pair of wings, 

 which I have only noticed in the females, attached near 

 the anterior lateral angles of the mesothorax, distinguish 

 this genus from the other apterous or subapterous species 

 of these fig-parasites. 



