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borders often darker. It is <>n the average a smaller pedes, but 

 parallels the other closely in details. The mandibles, however, 

 have but m\ laminar instead of nine, \sith the first <»n<- bearing 

 teeth; external angle with three or four setifonn proce e instead ol 

 being simple. Labrum less angular at middle. 

 Length of largest type, 30 mm. 



141. MECISTOCEPHALUS UFUENBI8 PoCOck, 



\\ illey's Zool. results, 1898, pt. 1, p. 63. » 

 Locality. — Loyalty Islands: Lifu. 1 



142. MECISTOCEPHALUS maxillakis (Gervais). 



Geophilua maxilloris Gervais, Ann. sci. nat., 1837, ser. 2, 7, p. 52. 



Lamnonyx maxiUaris Silvestri, Records Indian mus., 1919, 16, pt. 1, no. 5, 



p. 61. 1 



Localities. — New Guinea: Simbang; Sattelberg. 1 



143. Mecistocephalus modestus (Silvestri). 



Lamnonyx nodestus Silvestri, Records Indian mus., 1919, 16, pt. 1, no. 5, p. 

 68, fig. XIII, 1-10. 1 



Locality. — New Guinea: Sattelberg. 1 



144. Mecistocephalus insularis (Lucas). 



deophilus insularis Lucas, Maillard's Reunion, ed. 2, 1863, Annex N, pi. 21, 



fig. 1. 

 Lamnonyx pvnctifrons glabridorsalis Attems, Zool. jahrb. Syst., 1900, 13, p. 



138 l ; Bijdr. dierk., 1915, 20, p. 4.- 



Locality. — Ceram: Honitetu. 2 Otherwise recorded only from 

 the Seychelles. 1 



145. Mecistocephalus castaneiceps Haase. 



Abhandl. Mus. Dresden, 1887, 5, p. 102, pi. 6, f. 109. Pocock, Ann. mag. nat. 

 hist,, 1898, ser. 7, 1, 327. 1 



Locality. — Ellice Islands : Rotuma. 1 



Otherwise known from the Andamans, Christmas Island, and Pulo 

 Edam. 





