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ant. leviter emarginatis, tarsis 2 ant. art. 1-3 leviter dilatatis gradatiin 

 minoribus, art. 1° eylindrico, 2° obcordato, 3° trigono, omnes art. 

 4° maris bi\obo,femino3 bifido, art. 5° magno, unguibus validis, sim- 

 plicibus ; subtus tarsis 2 ant. art. 1-4, intermed. art. 2° -4° squainu- 

 larum longepedunculatarum seriebus duabus munitis. 



57. Lepitlirix foliolosa. N. 



L. glabra, supra obscure brunnea thoracis elytrorumque limbo 

 testaceo, subtus brunneo-testacea pedibus albidis, antennis art. 

 3 primis flavis reliquis nigrescentibus, palpis art. ultimo testaceo, 

 reliquis flavis; thorace ad angulos basales profundius foveolato ; 

 elytris striatis ; prosterno canaliculato ; long. corp. 3-4 lin. 



Specimina nonnulla mens. Octob. prope Colombo nocte ad lumen 

 cepi. 



The internal vesture of the tarsi of these otherwise inconspicuous 

 insects constitutes their most important character and is altogether 

 of a very interesting nature. I proceed at once to describe it at 

 full length premising that I believe I have both male and female 

 before me. The individual which I take to be the male is smaller 

 and of a darker colour than the other. The legs, with the exception 

 of the tarsi, are the same in both sexes. They are of middling 

 strength, the tibiae are furnished with 2 spurs at the inner side 

 of the apex, which spurs are finely serrated along their inner edge, 

 the tarsi have joints 1-3 of the first pair slightly dilated, the pos- 

 terior pair is elongated, subcylindric and the intermediate one 

 forms a passage between the two. Joints 1-3 of the first pair are 

 gradually decreasing in size, joint 1 being at the same time sub- 

 cylindric, joint 2 rather cordiform and joint 3 rather triangular, 

 joint 4 in all 6 tarsi is bilobed in the male and bifid in the female, 

 this character being, however, less distinctly expressed in the 2 

 post, tarsi than in the 4 ant. ones ; joint 5 is large and the claws 

 strong and simple, a membranaceous process of triangular form 

 covers the base of the latter above. 



The internal vesture. of the 4 ant. tarsi of the male is of the 

 following description. The inner part of joints 1-4 of the 2 ant. 

 ones is furnished with 2 longitudinal series of peduncled squamula) 

 which are of a broad, triangular form and lie like tiles upon each 



