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Protostida lindgreni, sp. nov. 



1 J from Turzum Tea Estate, Darjiling. ,11 



Head labrum and antuclypeus pale greenish white, the f®raier bordered, 

 with black ; remainder of head a shmy black with a bluish metallic reflec- 

 tion ; the ocelli bright amber and very conspicuous m their dark setting ;. 

 eyes'pale yellow with a black cap above and a narrow, black, equatorial 



belt. , . , X • 



Pfoi/iorax black with a broadish, pale yellow, subdorsal stripe on each 



Thorax black on the dorsum, yellow at the sides. A black line along 

 the lateral suture. Legs yellow, the extensor surfaces black. Wings, 

 hyaline, stigma blackish brown, postnodal nervures in forewing 16. 



Abdo77ien\revy long and attenuated, almost as long as in P. gravehji 

 Laid. 1st segment black on the dorsum, the sides and an apical annule 

 yellow, :2nd segment broadly black on the dorsum, the sides yellow, 3rd 

 to lUth segments black at the apices, yellow at the base, these two colours 

 gradually blending into one another. 



Anal appendages, yellowish, of about equal length, equal to the length 

 of the last two abdominal segments or nearly so. The superior broad at 

 the base and with the outer half bent sharply downwards and shaped 

 like the blade of a kukri ; the inferior shaped like the horns of stag-beetle, 

 twisted at the middle and convergent at the apices. A long spiny process- 

 springs from just beyond the middle of each process on its inner side and 

 almost meets its fellow across the middle line. At the base of the inferior 

 appendages is a short, stout spine directed backwards and upwards. 



This single specimen is named after Mr. O.Lindgren of Darjiling to 

 whom I am indebted for it. It bears a superficial resemblance to P. 

 himalaica, Laid, but an examination of the anal appendages serves easily- 

 to distinguish them. 



