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PROF. S. MAULIK ON 



Lamellipalpus NiGRiPENNis Pascoe. 



The following description and illustrations are from a fresh 

 specimen taken by Mrs. Kemp in Assam : — 



Colour testaceous bi'own ; iinderside paler ; elytra blackish, 

 except an ill-defined basal area, the suture and the lateral 

 margins; the antennae except the two basal joints blackish ; eyes 

 deep black. The upper side of the head and prothorax is shining, 

 the rest of the body being subnitid. The whole body of the 

 insect is covered with fine brown pubescence. 



Text-figure 1. 



Ziamellijpaljous nigripennis Pascoe. 



Head almost as broad as long, slightly narrowed towards the 

 neck, shallowly depressed in front ; upper surface smooth, shining, 

 sparsely covered with fine brown hairs. Viewed from above, the 

 extraordinarily developed terminal joints of the palpi and the 

 large mandibles are conspicuous. The joints of the antennae are 

 not at all expanded on the inner side. Pronotum broa,der than 

 long, front margin straight, lateral and posterior margins slightly 

 sinuate, anterior lateral angles rounded, posterior ones very 

 acute. The upper surface is gently convex, shining, covered with 

 fine brown pubescence, more so on the sides than on the middle 

 area, deeply depressed at the base on either side of the longi- 



