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granular anteriorly. And further it may be recognised from all 
hitherto described by the presence of two spines above the ter- 
minal claw on the legs; usually there is but one. 
Zephronia gestri sp. n. 
‘ Colour olivaceo-ochraceous with the hind borders of ne ter- 
gites rufous. 
Head coarsely and closely punctured below, very sparsely 
punctured above ; apical segment of antenne moderately dilated 
distally. 
Tergites almost smooth, only very finely and closely punctured. 
and minutely striolate; not granular anteriorly. 
First tergite with lamina small, rising gradually with evenly 
arched evenly rounded border; on the infero-lateral smooth 
part of the tergite above the base of the lamina there are a 
few fine radiating ridges; a fine sulcus starting laterally and 
inferiorly crosses from side to side over the vertex immediately 
behind the anterior margin of the plate. 
Anal tergite evenly convex from above downwards and from 
side to side; a fine sulcus defining the inferior edge; without 
a marginal notch but with a conspicuous inner-ridge; a similar 
ridge occupying the corresponding position on each of the 
preceding tergites (except the first). 
Legs with attenuate tarsi and a single spine above and behind 
the terminal claw. 
| Copulatory forceps; 1.8 pair (fig. 4, B) 
with movable dactylus long, much longer 
than the immovable, tolerably straight 
and composed of two segments; immo- 
vable dactylus also relatively straight; 
2.°° pair (fig. 4, A) with carpal segment 
short and stout, the movable dactylus 
long with its distal segment relatively 
large and distinctly separated. 
Length 14 mm. 
Locality; Thagatà on the South-western slope of Moi 
Zephronia gestri 
