108 
Psyche 
[Sept.-Dee. 
left cercus as a narrow process; LPPT without a sickle- 
shaped spine crossing beneath HP 
humbertiana (Saussure) 
LCB with a simple, broad inner lobe, without a caudal proc- 
ess; LPPT with a sclerotic, sickle-shaped spine crossing 
beneath HP falcis Ross 
3. LPPT with a broad sickle-shaped spine extending mesad 
beneath HP; 10 LP broad, spatulate, simple with curved 
sides saundersii (Westwood) 
LPPT not as above; 10 LP narrow, acuminate or sinuous 
with apex complex 4 
4. 10 LP narrow, gradually tapered distad, simple; 
nigra (Hagen) 
10 LP broad in basal half, abruptly tapered distad, apex 
complex greeniana Enderlein 
There is a possibility that falcis is identical to Embia bramina 
Saussure described from Bombay (1896, p. 352) the type of 
which was incompletely figured by Krauss (1911 pi. I, figs. 6, 
6A). Davis (1939, p. 184) regarded this species as a synonym 
of saundersii but noted that this view should be confirmed by an 
examination of Saussure’s poorly known holotype in the Geneva 
Museum. For the present it seems more advisable to apply a 
new name to these specimens than to refer them to such a doubt- 
ful and poorly described species as bramina. 
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Davis, C., 1939, Taxonomic notes on the order Embioptera. I. The genotype 
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, 1939a, Taxonomic notes on the order Embioptera, VI. Three new 
asiatic genera related to Embia Latreille. Ibid., pp. 474-482, 32 figs. 
, 1940, Taxonomic notes on the order Embioptera. XVIII. The genus 
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