New Species of SUiphylinidaG from Singapore. 267 



Ml MATH ETA, 11. geU, 



Labrum corneous, tiausvcisc, feebly emarginate, tbe sides and 

 anterior angles rounded. Mandibles moderate, lightly curved, 

 pointed, the right with a distinct tooth at the middle of the inner 

 margin. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the 1st joint small, the 2nd 

 elongate, lightly dilated towards the apex, the 3rd scarcely longer 

 than the 2nd, gradually and slightly thick(?ned distally, the 4th 

 subulate, half as long as the iJreceding. Inner lobe of the maxilla 

 narrow, corneous, uncinate at apex, the inner margin strongly 

 })ectinate, the teeth rather short and stout; outer lobe mem- 

 branous, ciliate-plumose at the ai)ex. Tongue not so long as the 

 1st joint of the labial palpi, split nearly to the base into two narrow 

 diverging lobes. Labial palpi 2-jointed, the 1st joint elongate, 

 slightly curved and feebly constricted at the inner margin beyond 

 the middle ; 2nd joint nanower at the base, slightly enlarged towards 

 the apex and rather more than half as long as the preceding. Gular 

 sutuies widely separated, slight divergent posteriorly. Temples 

 bordered below. Mesosternal process gradually pointed, the apex 

 rounded, extending for two-thirds of the length of the intermediate 

 coxae which are npderately separated ; metastcrnal process pointed 

 gradually, the apex rounded, reaching the mesosternum. Tarsal 

 formula 4, 5, 5. The anterior pair with the first three joints short 

 and subecpial, the last longer than the three preceding together; 

 the middle pair with the 1st joint short, the 2nd and 3rd longer and 

 subequal, the 4th a little longei- than the 3rd, the 5th longer than 

 the two IJreceding together; posterior pair with tlie 1st joint a 

 little shorter than the 2nd, the 2nd, 3id and 4th moderately elongate 

 and subequal, the 5th scarcely as long as the two preceding together. 

 All the claws simple, the empodium forming a spine. Middle 

 tibiae with a distinct seta at the middle externally. Elytia scarcely 

 sinuate-. 



The fucies of the .species on which this genus is I'ouiuled 

 is that of the Athcki trinolala group. 



131. Mimatheta tungicola, ii. sp. 



Black, moderately shining, li^lytia obscure testaceous, more or 

 less infuscate at the sides. First three joints of the antennae, 

 mouth-parts and legs testaceous. Length 2 mm. 



Head very finely and sparingly punctured and pubescent, the 

 eyes rather large but not j)iominent. Antennae with the 2nd and 

 3rd joints subequal, shorter than the 1st, the 4th small, transverse, 

 the 5th and 6th longer than bjoad, the 7th as long as broad, the 



