(\t/ei>ptera from the Orlenlal Itiyioit. *X\ 



li'i lubcrculi) armato, tiliiis (jimtuor pcwtcriorilms mit<' tne<liinu 

 areiiHtis, iiiU'rmo«liiH iiitU'^ Hpino urmatid, trochunturibuit pcMliciii 

 lotipo spiijosid. 

 Loti;;. 1 1 lum. : lut. max. 05 mm. 



I/iib. Ceylon. 



I have seen only two ninlcs, one in the Biiti.Hlj Museum 

 ami tlic otiier in Mr. (ieorge Lewis's collection and fonnd \>y 

 liiin in thu dense jungle uverlian|ring Balangodu (3500 feet 

 alt.) in April 1882. 



•It is a large species, most resembling certain African 

 Si'st/jthi with similar slemler and grotesqnely-shaped legs. 

 It isi like "S. quadricoUis^ Cioiy, hut the colour i.s tlitFerent, 

 tlie legs are still lon;;er, and the middle and hind femora are 

 •Mated in the njiddie. The heal and thorax are slightly 

 coppery and the surface rather smooth, with separate hooked 



Sisyphus mono, sp, n. 



M;ror, supra opacus, minutissirae vix porspicue sctosus, sat latus ; 

 fM[)ite granuloso, anticc late bideiitato ; prothoraro transverso, 

 nimlice coiivexo, crebre punctato, angulis aiiticis prominent ibus, 

 jiosticis valde obtusi^ ; elytris brcvibus, grranuloso-rugoeis, leviter 

 htriatis ; pvfjidio varioloso ; corporc sulttus nit.ido, punctato; 

 fftunribus quatuor postcrioribus lortitcr clavatia, trochuiiteribus 

 {xisticia ncnlusis : 



/ , femore |)09tico subtus obtuse dentato, tibia i>ostica valde arcuata, 

 intU8 tuberculis 6-8 armata. 



LoDg. 10-11 mm.; lat. max. G"5-7 ram. 



Hah. N. China: Ai-San, 30 miles \V. of Chc-foo (.U. P. 

 Anderson) \ Shan-hai-kwan (F. A^. Thomson). 



This is a rather large species, more massive than usual, 

 jin<l clothed only with microscopic, scarcely perceptil)le setae. 

 It is evidently related very closely to S. denticrus, Fairm., 

 but is much larger, and the tooth to the hind femur of the 

 male is not acute nor directed forward. 



Drepanocerus runicus, sp. n. 



Niger, subopacus, deplanatus, ovatus, prothoracis lateribus elytro- 

 rura(juo apicibus setis noniiullis instruct is ; eapite ru{^»so, postice 

 brcritcr 3-carinato, clypeo obtuse bidcntato ; prothoraco sat lato, 

 ereliro punctato, acute •» carinato, antieo medio foveuto ; elytris 

 punctato-striatis, siiigulo carina dorsalt acuta arcuuta, poatice 

 intus ducta, instructo : 



