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Proreus eee: Stal., so the genus falls as coincident with 
Proreus 
It, therefore, remains to define the true position of Labi- 
dura % Scaae Kirby. 
Genus IRpEx, Burr. 
Irdex, Burr, Deutsch. Ent. Nat. Bibl., Vol. 2, p. 59 (1911). 
Antennae with about 15 cylindrical segments, the fourth 
nearly as long as the third: head broad and depressed. Eyes 
prominent. Elytra and wings perfectly developed. Legs 
slender. Tarsi long ae slender ; the first and third segments 
equally long, the second minu ute. omen nearly parallel. 
Py ee pre Hen: Forceps remote, elongate, depressed. 
enus contains the single species hitherto known as 
Sponiiahonn nitidipennis, Borm. 
Additional Indian localities are :— 
MADURA: ee ee common. (Astruc, coll. Burr). 
E. Himanayas : Kurseong, 5000 ft. (Ind. Mus.). 
The PRES specimen isa small pale variety, with ver 
hairy, buff elytra, and long narrow, apically emarginate 
pygidium. — 
Genus SponeovostTox, Burr. 
Spongovostox, Burr, Deutsch. Ent. Nat. Bibl., No. 8, p. 
59 (1911). 
Tyre: Spongiphora quadrimaculata, Stal. 
Sizes small or medium. Antennae with from fifteen to 
Heed segments, all cylindrical, the fourth nearly as long as 
the third. Head de Lohrane rather broad, sutures distinct. 
ftyes: oy Pronotum often widened posteriorly, or subquadrate. 
Legs slender. Tarsi acer tng the third segment much longer 
ange : Tropical Asia, Africa, America and Australia. 
. Spongovostox semiflavus, Burr. (p. 
This is the only known Indian species of a Fst 
although seventeen be rer are at present included in i 
ager! ee 
CEYLON : Per and Ruanwella, several from under 
bark of ‘Siacsiae rabber-tree (Hevea). (Green, coll. Burr). 
Subfamily LABIINAE. 
This ponciagird includes Chaetospania , Sphingolabi 8, Labia 
and a few new genera. They are mostly small species, with 
body Beiter or sometimes strongly, depressed : the head 
is smooth and tumid, the sutures nearly obsolete, the eyes 
small. 
