Mr. G. Newport on new species of Myri;i])(>da. 97 



8. S. platypus, Brandt. Jamaica. Labial teeth eight. 



9. — platypus ? Tobago. Labial teeth six, obtuse. 



10. — angulipes, mihi. Basilar joints of posterior legs very short 

 and thick, subtriangular, flattened above with an elevated external 

 margin ; internal margin six-spined, the apical one large, quadrifid ; 

 inferior surface rounded, with nine spines ; labial teeth eight, mi- 

 nute, obtuse. Madagascar. 



11. — erythrocephcUa, Brandt. Java. 



12. — viridicornis, mihi. Antennae and dorsal surface green, mar- 

 gins of the segments yellow ; mandibles, labium and posterior legs 

 ferruginous ; teeth eight, minute, obtuse ; internal basilar margin 

 of the legs with seven spinulse, inferior surface with six spines in 

 three series. 



13. — Leachii, mihi; S. morsltans. Leach. Fantee, Africa. 



14. — platypoides, mihi. Labial teeth eight, obtuse ; posterior legs 

 short ; surface subconvex, with the margin elevated; internal margin 

 acute, with six spinulas in a double series, inferior surface with nine 

 spinulae ; preanal scale with a longitudinal sulcus, margin rounded. 



15. — multidens, mihi. Labial teeth very small, from twelve to 

 fourteen in number ; mandibular tooth large, with a minute tu- 

 bercle ; colour ferruginous ; legs yellow, tarsal joints greenish. 

 Perhaps S.ferruginea, Fabr. 



16. — tuberculidens, mihi. Testaceous ; mandibular tooth with an 

 acute tubercle at its base ; labial teeth eight, distinct, obtuse ; ba- 

 silar joint of posterior legs narrowed, flattened, and slightly mar- 

 gined with six spinulag, the angular one large, quinquefid ; preanal 

 scale cordate -quadrate. Ceylon. 



17. — longicornis, mihi. Antennae elongated; teeth eight, very di- 

 stinct but obtuse ; posterior legs slender, somewhat triangular, 

 with the surface of all the joints flattened and margined ; inferior 

 surface longitudinally excavated with three series of spinulae. Fort 

 Essington, Australia. 



18. — morsltans, Linn., Fabr. Head, mandibles and labium yellow- 

 ish orange, posterior margins of segments dark green ; teeth ten, 

 short, obtuse ; basilar joint of posterior legs slender, flattened ; in- 

 ternal margins with five spines, the apical one elongated, quadrifid. 

 Africa : British Museum and Banksian cabinets. 



19. — anomia, mihi. 



20. — punctidens, mihi. Antennae green; mandibles and labium 

 orange ; teeth six, black, short, obtuse, deeply punctured ; poste- 

 rior pair of legs with six spines on the inferior surface in two se- 

 ries, four in the external and two in the internal. South America ? 



21. — variegata, mihi. Dark chestnut, with the anterior margin of 

 the frontal segment, and the })osterior of each dorsal, with labium, 

 mandibles and ventral surface of the body bright orange ; antennae 

 olive ; legs orange, with dark orange fasciae. Demerara : British 

 Museum and Mr. Hope's cabinet. 



22. — angulata, mihi. Dark green ; head, basilar segment, labium 

 and mandibles orange, the latter tipped with black ; legs yellow- 

 ish, posterior pair green ; segments flattened, with the anterior la- 

 teral margins angulated ; teeth eight, small, acute. Trinidad. 



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