lin ]\Iv. n. p. UvarovoJ? 



pronotum half as high apfain as long, impressed in the middle, 

 with the transverse sulci very distinct ; their fore angle 

 obtuse, the hind angle straight and rounded, the lower 

 margin slightly ascending in its fore half, very ol)tnsely 

 sinuate behind its middle, the liiiul margin practically 

 vertical. Prosternum with its fore margin incrassate. 

 Mcsosternal lobes (in the female) distinctly transverse, witli 

 the inner angles practically straight but widely rounded; 

 mesosternal interspace distinctly broader than one of the 

 lobes and about twice as broad as it is long. Metastcrnal 

 interspace decidedly longer than its width in front, narrowed 

 posteriorly, but the lobes still broadly separated from each 

 other. Elytra scarcely extending beyond the liind knees, 

 gradually narrowed from the middle towards the apex, 

 which is oval ; the ueuratiou very remote (fig. 3), the 



, Fig. 3. 



Brainia hirsuta, gen. et sp. n. 



extreme base of the elytra only being coriaceous. Wings a 

 little shorter than the elytra, hyaline. Hind femora mode- 

 rately incrassate, gradually narrowed towards the apex. 

 Hind tibije somewhat widened apically, without outer sub- 

 apical spines ; both inner spurs about twice as long as the 

 outer ones, thick, regularly bent. Subgenital ])late (of the 

 female) twice as long as broad, with the a[)ex bisinuate. 

 Lower valves of the ovipositor small, with the apical portions 

 small and narrow ; the upper valves larger and thicker, with 

 thick blunt apices. 



Genotype : Brainia hirsuta, sp. n. 



3. Brainia hirsuta, sp. n. (Figs. 2 & 3.) 



$ . The sides of the head (less so the face), of the pro- 

 notum, mesonotum, and metanotum, as well as all legs, 

 especially the femora, covered with fairly dense whitish hairs. 

 General coloration whitish ochraceous. Antennae with in- 

 distinct dark rings. Head lilac-white with scattered reddish 

 punctures, especially on the checks. Pronotum of the same 



