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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Dodd's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  three 
  males 
  labelled 
  " 
  5000-7000 
  feet, 
  

   Tjibodas, 
  Java, 
  Aug. 
  1913; 
  Dr. 
  Konigsberger." 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  cotypes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  the 
  AcantJiola'pitha 
  group 
  and 
  near 
  nigricollis, 
  

   which 
  according 
  to 
  Cameron 
  has 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  frons 
  

   strongly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Lapitha 
  divina, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  cJ. 
  Dull 
  reddish-brown, 
  the 
  scutum, 
  except 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  the 
  

   frons, 
  bright 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  coxae 
  dusky, 
  the 
  legs 
  yellow 
  ; 
  scajJe 
  yellow, 
  

   the 
  antennae 
  black. 
  

  

  Head 
  transverse 
  ; 
  vertex, 
  cheeks, 
  and 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  frons 
  densely 
  

   coriaceous 
  and 
  with 
  obscure 
  small 
  punctures 
  ; 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  frons 
  

   with 
  a 
  smooth 
  faint 
  depression 
  traversed 
  by 
  a 
  median 
  carina; 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  depression 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  ; 
  mouth 
  with 
  converging 
  

   striae 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  wide 
  apart, 
  the 
  lateral 
  pair 
  a 
  little 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  eye 
  margins. 
  Antennae 
  12-jointed 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  

   no 
  longer 
  than 
  wide 
  ; 
  flagellar 
  joints 
  long 
  and 
  filiform, 
  pilo.se, 
  1 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  2, 
  which 
  is 
  shortest, 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  longest 
  each 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  2 
  ; 
  scutum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  or 
  alutaceous, 
  and 
  

   with 
  fine 
  pubescence; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  absent; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  

   a 
  foveate 
  line 
  at 
  anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  margins 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  

   with 
  a 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  that 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  basal 
  width; 
  

   l^leurae 
  as 
  in 
  javanica. 
  Fore-wings 
  reaching 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  apex 
  

   of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  somewhat 
  dusky, 
  almost 
  hyaUne 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  venation 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  one-half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stigmal 
  which 
  is 
  

   rather 
  short 
  ; 
  postmarginal 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stigmal 
  ; 
  basal 
  vein 
  

   distinct, 
  a 
  little 
  oblique 
  ; 
  mechan 
  and 
  rachal 
  veins 
  indicated. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  segment 
  2 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width, 
  3 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  2; 
  1-3 
  striate, 
  3 
  rather 
  finely 
  so, 
  

   4-G 
  rather 
  finely 
  densely 
  i)ubesccnt 
  and 
  finely 
  sculptured. 
  Length, 
  

   1-75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  four 
  males 
  labelled 
  " 
  5000-7000 
  feet, 
  

   Tjibodas, 
  Java, 
  Aug. 
  1913; 
  Dr. 
  Konigsberger." 
  

   Type 
  and 
  cotypes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Merriwa, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Head 
  normal, 
  transverse 
  ; 
  frons 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  area 
  faintly 
  

   depressed 
  and 
  margined 
  laterally; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare; 
  ocelli 
  wide 
  

   apart, 
  the 
  lateral 
  pair 
  a 
  little 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  eye 
  margins. 
  

   Antennae 
  12-jointed; 
  scape 
  long 
  and 
  slender; 
  the 
  flagellar 
  joints 
  

   long 
  and 
  cyUndrical. 
  Thorax 
  normal; 
  pronotum 
  hardly 
  visible 
  

  

  