1943] 
New Indian Embioptera 
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(RCB + RPPT) inconspicuous, apparently partially fused to 
H at base and curving around inner base of right cercus. Basal 
segment of left cercus (LCx) sclerotized, especially along inner 
margin, cylindrical with a broadly expanded basal foramen and 
a slightly swollen apex; a weakly inflated, inner basal lobe 
bears seven very stout, curved “teeth”; the terminal lobe bears 
Figures 1 to 5, Metembia flava n. sp., holotype male: fig. 1, head; fig. 2, 
terminalia (dorsal) ; fig. 3, detail of 10 LP ; fig. 4, terminalia (ventral) ; fig. S, 
left hind basitarsus. 
Explanation of symbols: 9 — 9th tergite; 10 L and 10 R = Left and right 
hemitergites of tenth segment; 10 LP = left tergal process; 10 RPi = major 
right tergal process ; 10 RP 2 = secondary right tergal process ; H = hypandrium 
(9th sternite) ; HP = hypandrium process; LCB and RCB = left and right 
cercus-basipodites ; RPPT and LPPT = left and right paraprocts ; LCi = basal 
segment of left cercus. All drawings are based on Camera Lucida outlines; setae 
are omitted ; stippling represents membrane ; the outline of submentum is dotted. 
only two such “teeth.” Basal segment of right cercus almost 
entirely membranous; terminal segments of both cerci normal 
in shape, but submembranous. 
Female: Unknown. 
Holotype: Male, on slide, from Nedungadu, Tanjore, South 
India, May 2 (P. S. Nathan). Deposited in Museum of Com- 
parative Zoology. 
Paratype: Male, on slide, with type data but collected Feb- 
ruary 14. Deposited in the writer’s collection. 
Flava cannot be confused with the other species of Metembia 
