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cavum. Metasternum inter coxas subsinuatum ac acute margi- 
natum, coxarum diametro paulo angustius. Sternitis duabus 
basalibus ampliatis, sutura arcuata divisis, sternito secundo 
duobus sequentibus unitis longiore. Femora linearia, subter 
spinoso-uni-denticulatis, posticis abdominis apicem haud attin- 
gentia. Tibiae subcompressae, rectae. Tarsi breviusculi, arti- 
culo tertio transverse. Unguiculi basi approximati. 
Typus, Micrapries nanna sp. nov. 
Mierapries nanna sp. nov. 
Oblonga, lutescenti-squamosa, elytris nebulose fuscescenti-, 
in spatiis alternatis lineolatim obscurius, basi fasciaque communi 
curvata, obsoleta, submediana alteraque postmediana, laterali, 
pallidiore, corpore subter dense albido-squamosis ; antennis tes- 
taceis, funiculo articulo primo incrassato, secundo tenui, primo 
aequilonge, tertio crassitudine duplo longiore, tres sequentibus 
eodem aequilongis, clava maxima, latitudine ante medium; pro- 
thorace longitudine latitudine fere aequali, (2.8 : 3) lateribus 
in dimidia parte basali retrorsum covergentibus, ante semicir- 
culariter productis, margine apicali setis validis seriatis, disco 
seria transversa e tuberculis sex, minutis, unisetosis formata; 
elytris latitudine fere sesqui longioribus, punctato-striatis, spa- 
tiis alternatis subconvexioribus, remote seriato-setosis ; femori- 
bus minute dentatis, subter in dimidia parte apicali subsinuatis. 
Long. 2.5 mm., lat. 1.3. 
Luzon, Mount Banahao. 
Similar in outline to Apries eremita Pasc., but only a fifth 
of its size; scales fawn-color, base of elytra, a backwardly con- 
vexly curved transverse band before the middle, an oblique 
lateral band behind the middle, and apical margin dirty white, 
pure white scales on underside, surface all over with scattered 
proportionately thick bristles ; antennse yellowish brown, second 
joint of funicie equal in length to the thickened first, third twice, 
the following ones as long as thick, club somewhat shorter than 
the five preceding joints together, broadest before the middle; 
thorax slightly longer than broad (8 :7), closely and coarsely 
punctate, with a transverse row of six small tubercules in the 
middle, each bearing a short thick seta, anterior margin with a 
row of strong setae ; scutellum punctiform, scaled ; elytra one and 
one-half times longer than broad (7 : 4.5) , the alternate intervals 
slightly convex, and like the suture set with remotely seriate, 
thick bristle scales ; underside dense f elty white. 
