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dilated at the apex, the apical dilatation of the 2nd being less pronounced than that 
of the others; these joints have somewhat the appearance of a string of beads, a very 
distinctive character, and are seen under a high power to be distinctly but rather 
sparsely punctate; joints 7—11 forming a slender acuminate club, joint 7 longer, 
8—10 equal in length and each shorter than 7, apical joint shghtly longer and sharply 
acuminate; under a high power joint 7 is seen to have a smooth surface, sparsely 
punctate as in the preceding joints, while joints 8—11 are minutely rugulose and 
covered with short pubescence. Mouwth-parts placed in a hollow surrounded by a 


Fig. 1. Mesohispa lambagiras, x 8. Fig. 2. Wesohispa lambagiras, antenna from above. 
raised edge, which is met in front by the mterantennal process, the under surface of 
which is concave. Labial palpi 3-jointed, proximal joint short and subglobular, 
2nd joint shorter than the apical, which is more incrassate than the 2nd and rounded 
at apex. Mazillary palpi 4-jointed, joint 2 incrassate, long, joint 3 very short, apical 
joint longest, slightly incrassate, bluntly pointed. Prothorax quadrate, slightly narrowed 
in front with sides widely sinuate, with anterior angles obliquely truncate, forming a 
sharp projection internally and an obtuse prominence externally; from this obtuse 
prominence on either side a ridge runs obliquely backwards on the disc. Scutellum 
