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anterior third and down tlie sides to near the posterior angles ; 

 a short transverse imi^ression just beiiind the anterior margin. 

 Tegraina exceeding the apex of the abdomen, semicorneous 

 and seriately punctate at base, marginal field deflexed at 

 base and fimbriate, anal vein obsolescent. Abdomen with 

 disk rufo-castaneous ; supra-anal lamina subquadrate, poste- 

 riorly emarginate ; subgenital lamina subquadrate, with a 

 pair of long styles. Cerci moderate, rufous. Legs rufo- 

 castaneous, the tibige with a tine recumbent pubescence. 

 Front femora with a complete row of spines on front margin 

 beneath, none on posterior margin ; mid and hind femora 

 somewhat rounded beneath and with only one spine on each 

 margin. Tibial sj)ines sparse, arranged in two rows. Poste- 

 rior metatarsus very long, succeeding joints rather short. 



Total length 25 mm.; lengtli of body 23*5 mm.; length 

 of tegmina 19 mm.; pronotum 5*9x6 mm. 



Manson Mts., Tonkin (type in Oxford Museum) ; Yen-Bai, 

 Central Tonkin (co-type in Paris Museum). 



Protagonista horneensisy sp. n. (PI. IX. fig. 2.) 



S . Head piceous, opaque, with a few scattered punctures, 

 mouth-parts piceous ; eyes closer together than antenna! 

 sockets. Antennae with moniliform joints, shorter than the 

 body, piceous, with a testaceous band near the apex. Pro- 

 notum o])aque piceous, with scattered erect pubescence ; a 

 shallow transverse impression in anterior tiiird and two 

 oblique impressions in posterior third. Tegmina rufo- 

 castaneous, exceeding the apex of the abdomen, narrow ; 

 marginal field narrow, deflexed; anal vein well-marked, 

 reaching nearly halfway down the sutural margin. Abdomen 

 piceous, with the basal segments rufescent above, testaceous 

 below. Supra-anal lamina quadratcly produced, posterior 

 angles spiniform, posterior margin concave, exceeded by the 

 subgenital lamina, which is semiorbicularj and provided with 

 a pair of slender styles. Cerci long, acuminate, castaneous. 

 Front legs castaneous, mid and hind legs with the coxse 

 (except at the base) and the femora (except at the apex) 

 testaceous, otherwise castaneous. Front femora with a 

 complete row of spines on anterior margin beneath, two or 

 three on posterior margin ; mid and hincl femora with 5 to 7 

 spines on each margin. Tarsal arolia larger than in the 

 j)reeeding species. 



Total length 25 mm. ; length of body 20 mm; length of 

 tegmina 20 mm.; pronotum •i'8x4"l mm. 



►Sarawak, Borneo [ShelJ'ord). Type in Oxford ^Museum. 



