387 
anterior  border  as  high  as  the  eye,  (somewhat  crumpled  above 
laterally);  rest  of  the  somites  with  the  transverse  sulcus  almost 
obsolete  dorsally,  the  anterior  half  very  finely  striolate  transversely, 
the  posterior  half  gradually  elevated,  weakly  striate  longitudinally 
below,  the  stria?  not  reaching  half  way  up  to  the  pore;  pores  small 
situated  about  in  the  middle  line  behind  the  transverse  groove  ;  ventral 
grooves  short.  Anal  somite  produced  above  into  a  stout,  long,  blunt, 
nearly  straight  process  which  projects  a  long  way  beyond  the  margin 
of  the  valves  and  is  raised  slightly  above  the  level  of  the  tergite; 
valves  small  lightly  convex,  with  strongly  convex,  simple,  uncom- 
pressed margins;  sternite  posteriorly  angular,  separated  from  the  pre- 
ceding sclerite  by  a  faint  sulcus. 
Legs  very  long;  the  second  segment  of  the  posterior  pair  of  each 
somite  (except  at  the  anterior  end  of  the  body)  longitudinally  exca- 
vated below,  the  penultimate  segment  of  both  pairs  similarly  exca- 
vated distaliy.' 
Number  of  somites  69.  Length  about  180  mm. 
Copulatory  feet  as  in  figure. 
This  species  is  very  closely  allied  to  Sp.  ater ,  (Tömösv.) *)  from 
Borneo.  The  two  species  in  fact  agree  in  almost  every  particular  with 
the  exception  of  the  form  of  the  first  tergite  and  of  the  copulatory 
feet.  In  proboscideus  the  lateral  lamina  of  the  first  tergite  is  much 
less  produced,  not  projecting  so  far  inferiorly  as  the  labral  margin 
and  the  anterior  lamina  of  the  copulatory  foot  is  entire  below  and 
not  armed  with  a  number  of  teeth. 
86.  Spirostreptus  vittatus,  Newport.  Pl.  XXI,  fig.  8  — 8a. 
Syn.  Sp.  vittatus,  Newp.  Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  XIII,  pp.  269-270 
n°  4  (1844)  cf. 
„      „  fasciatus,  id.  ibid.  n°  6,  9- 
55  55 
corticosus,   Porat,    Ann.   Soc.  Ent.  Belg.  XXXII,  pp. 
219-221  (1888). 
Sumatra.  One  specimen. 
This  species  was  recorded  by  Newport  as  doubtfully  coming  from 
China.  There  is,  however,  no  evidence  on  this  head  to  be  obtained 
from  the  labels  now  attached  to  Newport's  types.  And  since  the 
Museum  has  one  other  example  from  Singapore  and  Dr.  Max  Weber 
1)  Term.  fuz.  IX,  p.  70,  pl.  V,  fig.  3—5  (1885). 
