^Ir. M. liiirr — Notes on the FoiTicularia. !>l 



7. SponglphorCi semifliiva^ Bonn. 



Knelling, Jan. 2ml, 1900, 1 ?; July 7tli, 1899, 1 S- 

 'J'liis species, which closely resembles Labia mucronata, 



Still, in appearance, has hitherto been lecortled only from 



l^urmah. 



8. Spongiphora sphinx^ sp. n. 



Statura mcdiocri, gracili ; colore testaceo vel fusco ; antennaj 18- 

 Begmentata' ; caput, nntoiiiia', ))ronotum, elytra, alto, pedes tcsla- 

 cea Vfl rubro-testacea : abdomen eyliiidricum, tcstaceiim vel 

 nibriim ; foroeps gracilis, Vtracliiis Ijasi remotis, roctis, aj)ice 

 :imcronatis. attiiigeiitibus, nmrgine iiitx-rno minute denticulatis ; 

 abdonu'ii tuberculis distinctis instructum. S $• 



//eo^ depressed, clear brick-red: antenna? 18-scgmentate ; 

 the first segment long, testaceous, the remainder darker; 

 Fecond segment very small, the third nearly as long as the 

 second and tourth nnited, the fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 gradually lengthening, the apical segments long and slender. 



Pronotum slightly narrower than the hearl, long and 

 narrow, slightly broader posteriorly than anteriorly, rectan- 

 gular, the hinder angles rounded, ])osterior border nearly 

 straight ; clear testaceous, reddish anteriorly, the margins 

 paler; in the y shaded with fuscous on the disk j)Osteriorly. 



Elytra long and narrow, clear testaceous, the outer and 

 inner margins darker. 



Wiiujs consj)icuous, clear testaceous. 



Feet clear testaceous, clothed with a few fine j)ale hairs. 



Alidomeit cylindrical, reddish testaceous in the ^ , reddish 

 black in the ? ; lateral tubercles very distinct, all the se"- 

 nients veiy finely granulated ; last dorsal segment J square, 

 hinder margin straight, slightly tuberculated above the inser- 

 tion of the forceps on eacli side ; similar in form in the ? ; 

 penultimate ventral segment J l«'gP, rounded j)Osteriorly, 

 not coveiing the a))ical part of the last segment, which has 

 the posterior border straight, very deeply emarginate in the 

 middle, ilivided into two rounded lobes, the outer angles 

 folded, foiming a bicarinate tubercle on each side. In the ? 

 the penultimate ventral segment is rounded, larger, covering 

 the ultimate segment entirely except for the outer angles. 



Pyyidimu J ? quadrate, the side slightly emarginate near 

 the apex. 



