36 Prof. YVestvtoo&'s further descriptions oj 



Sycoscaptella, n. g. 



Characteres e mare descripti. Corpus parvum, apterum, 

 depressum. Caput magnum pronoto paullo latius, sub- 

 depressum angulis posticis rotundatis dense setigeris ; 

 oculis sublateralibus reniformibus antice attenuatis ; 

 ocellis ; antennae capite breviores, basi approximate 

 in medio clypei insertee ; articulo lmo magno depresso 

 subclavato, 2ndo parvo, 3tio fere indistincto, 5 sequenti- 

 bus brevibus, inter se subarcte applicatis, ultimo breviter 

 ovato in medio quasi 2-articulato. Mandibulae parvae 

 apice acuto integro ; palpi distincti, maxillares breves, 

 4-articulati, articulis duobus intermediis paullo majori- 

 bus. Prothorax magnus subplanus, angulis anticis 

 rotundatis ; mesothorax transversus, angulis, anticis 

 paullo lobatis ; metathorax brevis. Alee ? Abdomen 

 basi latitudine metanoti aequale, lobo medio semiovali 

 antice producto ; retinaculis maris elongatis subclavatis 

 tridentatis. Pedes breves crassi, femoribus anticis dila- 

 tatione basali cum trochantere continua ; tibiis anticis 

 perbrevibus subtrigonis apice spinigeris, tibiis inter- 

 mediis parum angustioribus ; tibiis posticis augustiori- 

 bus spinigeris ; tarsis perbrevibus ut videtur 3-articulatis, 

 articulis duobus basalibus in pedibus anticis extus dila- 

 tatis setas longas nonnullas emittentibus. 



Sycoscaptella ajfinis, n. s. (PI. VI., figs. 30 — 35). 



Tota pallide lutea, mandibulis castaneis, pedibus fulvis. 

 Long. corp. 2 mm. 



Habitat in India orientali, Calcutta, D. Wood-Mason, 

 in F. Indica. In Mus. S. S. Saunders. 



This insect is closely allied to Sycoscapter in the in- 

 sertion of the antennae closely together in the middle of 

 the clypeus, but the joints of the clava of these organs 

 are continuous and not cyathiform, and the formation of 

 the legs, and especially of the tarsi, differs from that of 

 Sycoscapter. I was not able to observe any rudimentary 

 alary appendage in the only specimen I have seen, which 

 has been mounted in Canada balsam by Sir Sidney S. 

 Saunders. 



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