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of the prominent pyi^iiliuin ; tlie pronotum is scarcely wi(ler 

 ili.in long; in coloration and general toini, except in 

 pygidiuni and forceps, it resembles F. auricularia. The 

 spL'cinien is a macrolahia form, the elongation of the forceps 

 l)eing very pronounced ; the lamination of the forceps is 

 also very distinctive. 



Spongiphora schxihotzi^ sji. n. 



Statura minoro ; colore rixfescenti ; elytra acuto-caririata ; pygidium 

 J breve, apicom versus angnstatura, apice ipso subsimiato ; 

 forcipis bracchia J remota, gracilia, arcuata. 



6- $. 



Long, corporis 10*5 mm. 9 mm. 



„ forcipis 3 „ 2 ,, 



Of small size and slender build ; general colour tawny red, 

 not pubescent. 



Anteimaj tawny, with 16 cylindrical segments, fourth 

 nearly as long as third. 



Head subquadrate posteriorly, tumid, the sutures replete, 

 red-brown ; eyes sinuate, black. 



Pronotum slightly broader than the head, square, the 

 angles rounded and lateral margins very slightly convex. 



Prosternum subparallel, gently narrowed posteriorly. 



]\Icsosternum as broad as long, rounded posteriorly. 



Metasternum rather broad, the lobe transverse and truncate. 



Elytra smooth, tawny, about one and a half time as long 

 as the pronotum, truncate, the costal fold marked with a 

 strong, prominent, sharp carina. 



Wings not developed. 



Feet slender, tawny ; femora rather thick ; tarsi slender ; 

 second segment minute, cylindrical, first and third equally 

 long, slender, with a few bristles, but not strongly pubescent. 



Abdomen parallel, depressed, smooth, light red; glandular 

 folds prominent. 



Last dorsal segment ^ transverse, smooth, truncate poste- 

 riorly ; in the middle of the segment, on each side of the 

 faint median suture, there is a small black crested tubercle ; 

 posterior margin truncate; in ? similar, but a little nar- 

 rower, the tubercles absent. 



Penultimate ventral segment ^ ? ample, square, the 

 angles rounded. 



Pygidium ^ short, broad, trapezoidal, narrowed apicaliy, 

 tlu' posterior margin subsinuate ; ? short, parallel, truncate. 

 Forceps with the branches depressed, slightly dilated near 

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