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the femora simple in ? , the hiud pair of c? ^'e^T deeply 

 sinuate internally at the base (to accomniodate the projecting 

 coxa), the sinuation terminating in a prominent tubercle, 

 and the lower surface set with scattered irregular granules ; 

 in l)oth sexes the anterior pairs of tibije armed below on the 

 apical half with a row of closely set spines, the hind pair 

 denticulate ; in the J only, the inner apical edge of the 

 hind tibise is produced at right angles into a broad laminate 

 process ; the tarsi narrow and elongate, with the 4th joint 

 paler and strongly compressed in the basal half. Venter : 

 in the cJ , the 1st ventrite with an angular laminate per- 

 pendicular process behind the coxa, the 5th broadly rounded 

 at the apex ; in the $ , the 1st ventrite with only a slight 

 fold in the place of the process, and the 5th elongate and 

 very sharply pointed at the apex. 



Length 8"5-10*5 mm., breadth 3'6-4"8 mm. 



Nyasaland : 4 c? c?, 3 ? ? , vii.-viii. 1895 {A. Whyte) ; 

 Zomba, 1 c? , iv. 1900 (Cameron), -Q S S j "^ ? ? » vii. 1913 

 [E. Ballard), 4 c? (^ , 3 ? ? , vii. 1913 {Dr. H. S. Stannus). 



Subfamily IItperinje. 



Genus Frontgdes, nov. 



Head well exserted, so that the rounded convex laterally- 

 placed eyes are remote from the prothorax, the forehead 

 being broad, but rather narrower than the width of an eye 

 or tlian the base of the rostrum. Bostrum much shorter 

 than the head and not longer than broad, the dorsal outhne 

 sloping steeply downwards about tlie middle ; the ill-defined 

 epistome with two discal sette, and tiie apical margin asym- 

 metrical, there being a distinct projection on the right half; 

 the scrobes lateral, short, deep, suhtriangular, and sloping 

 sharply downwards in front of the eye ; the mandibles stout, 

 smooth, sliiny and rather prominent, each with a single 

 lateral seta, and with a sharp apiral tooth and a smaller onq 

 below it; the peduncle of the submentum short, broader 

 than long : tlie mentum comparatively large, trapezoidal, 

 broadest at the apex, the apical margin as long as the lateral 

 edge and with a group of setae on each side. Antennce very 

 short; the scape exceeding the middle of tlie eye, hut not 

 reaching the hind margin ; the fuiiiele with only six joints, 

 the first longer and jnueh thicker than the others ; the club 

 elliptical, 1-jointed, and longer than the lour |)rcce(ling 

 joints. Scnle/lum small, triangular. Elytra much broad( r 

 at the shoulders than the compai'atively small thorax, 



