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POLYPLAX BRACHYRRHYNCHUS, Sp. n. (Text-figS. 1-3.) 



Proportion of the sexes. $ j 57, $ $ 228, 75 immature. 

 Percentage of males =20. 



External Form. Male. (Text-fig. I.)— Head : The preantennal 

 area is quite short, broad, a little rounded. Postantennal area 

 parallel -sided, a little broader than the preantennal area and 



Text-figure 1. 



Polgplax hracliyrrliynchus. Male. X 69. 



broader also than the thorax. A small bay behind the antenna. 

 Before entering the thorax, temples show a pronounced postero- 

 Antennce stout and relatively long. Second 



lateral aim'le. 



