Ncir Sprri('>i of Shrp/n/lriilddr from Siiigaporr. 2^^ 



ji'iil poslciioily, hilt ijiilici' nl()l•(^ poHlcrioily, ilic sides and Ikimo 

 hordcnMl, tlui latk-r (lisiituitly Himiatt? on ciUicr sido, ilu^ ixjstcrior 

 aii}il(>s <)l)tus(% very Tnioly and (^loacly ])unctnrod and ]nil)os<'ont. 

 MIytra a littlo longor and broader tlian ilio thoiax, transvorHo, 

 very linoly and closoly pinvotured and pnhcsccnt, l.lio ])iniot»iration 

 IxMUtf, liowcviM", diatinnf.ly loss (i?io than, iliat of tlio lliorax. Abdo- 

 MHMi distiinc'l.Iy and jTradually narrowed |)osteriorIy, finely and elosely 

 piinotnred and ]>nbeHcen<,, tiio punclnration, Iiowever, btMnj^ less 

 line and less elose ilian on llie elylra, tli(> last two sc^Rincnts iniK^h 

 more sparingly iMnieiuicd ; iJie si(l(>s witli sparing sliort. setae, tlie 

 apex with Ioniser ones. 



,;. Seventli abdominal segment with a line longitudinal keel in 

 iJie middle line reachint;; the posteiioi- margin but evanescent 

 anteriorly. 



//ah. Kottiiiir fniit (.!' ;i wild imtine.i^r, [V1;iiul:ii. 



(*iii,p,i)()i'iiii,A, n. u;(Mi. 



liabrnni liansveise, (Jie sides and anterior aiitiles I'oinided, (he 

 anterior niar<i;in l'(>ebly sinua((^ on (>itli»>r side of (Jk* middle line. 

 Mandibles rather stont, pointed at tlie apex, the rif^lit with a small 

 tooth at the nn'ddl(\ of the iinier jnargin, whieli is erennlate between 

 (h(> tooth and th(> ap(^x ; th(^ left simple. JVlaxillaiy pal|)i 4-jointed, 

 the 1st joint small and short, tlu^ 2iid elonf»ate, narrowed at Uw 

 base i^'iadnally thiekened to (h(> apex, the .'b'd shorter and stont/or 

 tJian (lie 2iu\, widest at t h(> apex, the 4l-h snbnlate fnlly half as lone; 

 as ihv :Ui\. inner lobe of the maxilla, ratJier narrow, strongly 

 pectinate aJont'; tJie inner mart^nn ; outer lobe narrower than th<^ 

 iimer. the a|)ex strortgly pe<>tinate. The tonj^m^ oblonj.?, ext.endiiifj; 

 to the l(>vel of t,hea])(>x of (Jie 1st joint-of (he la,bial palpi, t,rian,<j;ularly 

 emarijiiiate in the middle of the apical manrin. Tarat'lossae dis- 

 limts ciliate. Labial paJpi 2 jointed; the 1st joint, moderately 

 loni^ and st,ont, dislinelly constricted on tlu^ iinier mar^'in, iK'ar 

 (he base, the 2nd shor(,(^r and narrowcM- than the 1st, a little eiila,r<^ed 

 ((>wa,i(Is the apev. (Jnlar snturea distant., diverj^in;^ post,eriorly. 

 'rem])les bordeicd below, rroatomnni trnnoate posterioily without 

 int,ercoxal ]>roeess. Mesoaternal prneess narrow and pointed, 

 (>x(endin<,' half (he l(>n<j;th of the eoxa(s whic^h are but narrowly 

 separated. Mc^tasternal ])roeess nairow, emar^inate in front at 

 its jnnc^tion with (Ik^ !tiesost,erna,l ]iroeess. Tarsal foi'mula, 4, 4, 5; 

 the anterior paii' with the first three joinlis short, and subecpial, the 

 11 h as lonj^ as tho three preeedinfj; top;ether; ihr middle pair with 

 the first throe Joints rather short and Hnb(v]nal, (he 4t,h as long as( 



