1 98 M. OSMI MA : THREE NEW SPECIES 



Kutertnes (<*rallafofennt's) brevirostrin nov. sp. 



Imago. — Head chestnut brown, shiny ; thorax somewhat paler ; 

 abdomen dark brown ; mouthparts, antennae and legs brownish yellow. 

 Head, pronotum, wing-stumps and abdominal tergites densely covered with 

 minute hairs ; mesonotum and mctanotum nearly smooth. 



a. b. Head round, 



slightly vault- 

 ed above; eyes 

 very large 



°n prominent ; 



ocellus sepa- 

 rated from eye 

 by a distance 



less than half 

 c. 



p . „ . , . . . the diameter 



Jbig. 3. r_itlermes brei'irostris. 

 Imago, a, head and pronotum. b, anterior wing, c, posterior wing. Q f ^j-jg latter ' 



fontanelle indistinct ; basal parts of clypeus short, nearly one-fourth as long 

 as wide ; antennse 15-jointed, 2nd. joint very slightly longer than 3rd., 4th. 

 joint as long as 3rd.; pronotum semilunar with rounded antero-lateral 

 corners, anterior border straight, slightly elevated, posterior border broadly 

 rounded ; wing-stumps subequal, anterior one not covering the posterior ; 

 wings brownish, nerves yellowish brown ; radius nerve of anterior wing 

 running near and parallel to costal ; median nerve running nearer to cubitus 

 than to radius, giving off three branches at the tip ; cubitus not reaching to 

 tip of wing, with 8 branches, of which the proximal four are stronger ; in 

 the posterior wing median nerve starting from radius, cubitus with ca. 12 

 branches. 



Length of body with wing 15,00 mm. 



Length of body without wing 7-8,00 mm. 



Length of head 1,25 mm. 



Width of head 1,18 mm. 



Width of pronotum 1,28 mm. 



Length of pronotum 0,78 mm. 



