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2. The lateral lobes of the prothorax although attached vertically give 

 rise to no dorsolateral ridge as in Hieroglyplms . 



3. The elytra and wings are very short. 



4. The prosternal tubercle is small and antero-posteriorly compressed. 



5. The mesosternal lobes touch in the medium line to form a space in 

 the shape of an " x " both in the S and the 5 j ^^e space being smaller 

 in the latter. 



6. The cerci of the J are extraordinary in form and complete the 

 distinction from the genus Hieroglyplms. These organs which in the § are 

 very short and conical, in the cJ are large and branched to form two lobes. 

 The first lobe is concave posteriorly and the second lobe which arises from 

 the base of the first is applied to it along its concave side. In addition, 

 at the base of the two lobes, there is a third prolongation or appendage 

 directed upwards. This plurilobal form of the cercus is undoubtedly a 

 generic character, its detailed structure varying with the species. 



Hieroceryx bilineatus, Sauss, in litt. 



Fallide virescens, sicco stramineus, capite infra oculos linea nigra obliqua. 

 Pronotum dorso nigro-bilineato lobis lateralibus sulco medio nigro, inferne 

 colore nigro antrosum breviter product© ; dorso impresso-punctato, metazo- 

 na brevissima, parte pronoti inter sulcos posticos sita vix longiore, margins 

 postica obtusissime angulata. Elytra dimidio femorum vix attingentia 

 apicem versus angustata, apice oblique rotundata, 5 subacuminata ; 

 venis radialibus nigris, usque ad medium approximatis, pone medium 

 divergentibus, area internomedia venis transversis parallelis instructa. 

 Femora postica superne apice angustissime nigro-marginata, geniculae 

 basi intus extusque nee non basi loborum macula parva nigra 

 ornatae. Tibiae posticae dilute coeruleae ; condyle lineaque latere 

 inferiore nigris. Lamina supraanalis S marginibus crassis, subreflexis, 

 ante apicem sinuatis, apice lobo parvo trigono jD^oducta, medio basi 

 subsulcata. Cerci trilobati, lobo primo extus convexo, magno ; lobo 

 secundo erecto apicem versus valde ampliato ; lobo tertio angusto subtereti, 

 erecto. Abdomine subtus, segmentis pilosis, lamina subgenitalis conica 

 parva. Segmentum anale $ postice arcuato, lamina supraanalis basi 

 sulcata, lateribus depressis, ante apicem sinuatis apice obtuse triangulariter 

 producta subincrassata S § . 



Long. Corp. S 22 ; pron. 3, 5. ; elytr. 6, 5 ; femor. post. 11mm. 

 „ $ 36 ; ,,, 7, 8 ; „ 10 ; . „ „ 17mm. 



Loc. Indias orientales. H. de Saussure. " Col. del Museo de Madrid 

 (de mi coleccion) " 



Sieroceryx colejnani, sp. nov. 



Hier. bilineato colore et forme valde affinis sed fronte a latere visa 

 convexa, distincte breviore, carinls frontalibus pallidis, oculis multo 

 brevioribus hand duplo longioribus quam latioribus ; pronoto metazona 

 spatio inter sulcos posticos vix longiora ; lobis deflexis longioribus elytra 

 breviora, venis radialibus tantum prope apicem divergentibus, area inter- 

 nomedia indistincte venulosa. Lamina supraanalis trigona, levia, basi 

 subindistincte sulcata $ . 



Long. corp. $ 34; pron 6; elytr, 8 ; fern, post. 21mm. 



Loc. Anavatti, Dr. Coleman coUegit. 



This species was described from female specimens alone. Fig. 3 gives 

 an accurate representation of it. 



LESLIE 0. COLEMAN, 



Director of Agriculture in Mysore. 

 Bangalore, February 1914. 



