in the British Museum. 441 



Genus Eubulides, Slal. 



Eubulides spuria, sp. n. 

 Eurycantha spuria, Westw., MS. 



Long. covp. 55, long, pronoti 10, lat. 8 mm. 



Male. — Pale yellowish grey, varied with reddish brown on 

 the head above, and more or less on the sides of the body. 

 Antennae thick, 17-jointed, the scape and second joint paler 

 than the rest; joints 2 and 4-6 transverse, the rest longer 

 than broad; joints 7-11 increasing gradually in length; 

 joint 12 as short as joint 7, the rest again gradually in- 

 creasing in length, the terminal joint being the longest and 

 slenderest. Head convex above and depressed in front; a 

 slender yellow median line, and behind and within the level 

 of each eye two narrow sulcations, converging behind but not 

 meeting. Median line with a deep sulcus which extends to 

 the extremity of the abdomen, but is interrupted on segments 

 4-6 of the latter. Pronotum with the transverse sulcus 

 placed before the middle ; the upper surface is widened behind, 

 and on each side of the median line is a brown band, curving 

 outwards, on which stand three tubercles, behind the last of 

 which are a few smaller ones, irregularly placed; upper 

 lateral carina convex. Mesonotum rather broader in front 

 than behind, thickly tuberculate for two thirds of its length, 

 and slightly denticulate on the lower lateral carina. Abdo- 

 minal segments transverse, considerably broader than long, 

 and truncated behind ; all except the three terminal ones, 

 which are narrower than the others, laterally sublobate. 

 Cerci pale, very thick, hardly pointed at the tips, about half 

 as long as the last segment, beyond which they project. 

 Legs very short and stout, front and hind femora and tibige 

 all about as long as the mesonotum, middle ones rather 

 shorter ; they are slightly carinated and unarmed ; hind 

 femora with several small teeth beneath on the inner carina, 

 and two large subterminal ones on the outer, preceded by 

 some obsolete ones ; the median line beneath is also tubercu- 

 late. Last joint of tarsi very large, as long as all the rest 

 put together, which are very short, except the first joint of 

 the front tarsi, which is concave above and as long as joints 

 2-4 together ; claws and arolia also very large. 



Hah. Australia. 



Appears to belong to StaPs genus Eubulides, founded on 

 E. alutaceus, Stal, from the Philippines, a species I have not 

 seen. In this, however, all the femora are deutated beneath. 



