ME. W. F. KIEBY ON rOllEICTILID^. 



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as the teginina ; head, tegraina, and wiugs finely coriaceous. 

 Abdomen above covered with large depressed punctures ; the 

 last segment deeply depressed in the middle of the hinder half, 

 with an elevation on each side ; pygidium short and broad, curved 

 at the extremity ; male forceps with a very large triangular 

 proiection near the base, dentated and nearly touching at the 

 extremity, then slightly curved outwards, afterwards gradually 

 approximating till the hooked tips (which shade into blackish, the 

 rest being red) meet j they are unarmed, except the projection at 

 the base. In the female the forceps are simple, subcontiguous, 

 and meet at the tips, where they are slightly raised. 



Hah. India. 



This species resembles S. africana, except in the large tooth 

 near the base of the forceps in the male, which indicates a nearer 

 affinity to typical ForJiciUa. 



SPHINGOLABIS (?) SUJ3APTEUA, Sp. U. 



Long. Corp. 15 millim. ; segm. ult. cum lorcip. 5 miliiiu. 



Male. Subdepressed ; head above, pronotum, tegmina, and basal 

 half of femora black, shining, very finely punctured ; antenusB at 

 least 13-jointed, set with short raised bristles, the 3 basal joints 

 ruto-testaceous, the remainder castaneous ; face, under surface, 

 and legs, beyond the middle of the femora, rufous ; hinder 

 and lateral edges of pronotum narrowly testaceous. Pronotum 

 nearly square ; tegmina half as long again and truncated at the 

 extremities ; wings not visible. Abdomen reddish chestnut, the 

 sides rugose, and black above to beyond the middle; 3rd segment 

 With very distinct tubercles, sometimes reddish ; the hinder half 

 of segment 4 and the middle segments very strongly rugose 

 above in the centre, the others less so, and the basal and terminal 

 segments nearly smooth ; terminal segment rather large, trun- 

 cated at the extremity, and slightly raised ; pygidium very large, 

 nearly of the form of a truncated isosceles triangle, but with the 

 base suddenly widened; forceps rather thickened at the base, but 

 widely separated, curving gradually inwards and slightly down- 

 wards and meeting at the tips ; near the base is a very large 

 sharp tooth, directed downwards and backwards, below the ex- 

 tremity of the pygidium; there is also a smaller tooth on the 

 inner edge at about the middle of the length of the forceps. 



JSah. Queensland. 



