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Antipha(?) elongata, n. sp. 



Elongate, black, the base of the head and the thorax fulvous ; antennae 

 slender, black ; elytra flavous, closely and rather strongly punctured,_ the 

 extreme sutural margin black ; prosternum very narrow, but distinct. 

 Length, 3 lines. 



Mas. The second and third joints of the antennae very short. 



Fern. The third joint twice as long as the second one. 



Var. a. The head and thorax black. 



Var. b. Head and thorax fulvous. 



Of elongate, posteriorly slightly widened shape ; the head not longer 

 than broad, the vertex fulvous, the lower portion black, eyes large and 

 prominent, the intermediate space impressed with a deep fovea, clypeus 

 strongly raised into a triangular ridge ; labrum broad, obscure piceous ; 

 palpi not much thickened, the terminal joint acute ; antennae rather closely 

 approached, black, two-thirds the length of the body, the second and third 

 joints in the male extremely short, the third one rather shorter than the 

 second, both moniliform, the fourth longer than the three preceding ones 

 together ; thorax transverse, twice as broad as long, the sides scarcely 

 rounded, the anterior angles acute and prominent, the surface obsoletely 

 depressed near the base, nearly impunctate, fulvous ; scutellum piceous, 

 trigonate, broad ; elytra flavous, rather strongly and very closely punctured, 

 their epipleurse extending to the apex ; under side and legs black, the latter 

 slender, the tibiae unarmed, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long 

 as the following joints together ; claws appendiculate ; anterior costal 

 cavities closed. 



In shape and the structure of the antennae, this species differs 

 a good deal from most of its congeners ; but as the principal 

 characters peculiar to Antipha (the distinct prosternum, the 

 unarmed tibise, and the shape of the thorax) are present, I have 

 included the species in that genus ; the very short third joint is 

 peculiar to the male insect only. In one specimen the entire head 

 and the scutellum are fulvous ; in another, the head and the 

 thorax are black, and the anterior angles of the latter are not 

 prominent ; but as I cannot see any other difference whatever, I 

 have preferred to look upon this specimen as a variety. 

 Two specimens. 



(To be concluded.) 



THE LATE JOSEPH SUGAR BALY. 



At the meeting of the Entomological Society, on April 2nd, 

 the President alluded to the decease of one, — who had been for 

 many years a member of the Society, and had published much in 

 its ' Transactions,' — Mr. J. S. Baly, who died at Warwick, on 

 March 25th, 1890, aged seventy-three years. The leading 

 features in Mr. Baly's career have been sketched in one of the 

 local papers in an article, from which we make the following 

 extract : — 



" His illness only commenced on Wednesday in last week, but 

 he became rapidly worse, and ultimately succumbed to an attack 



