New Species of Tricliodectes 
Metathorax. Wider than prothorax, with prominent projecting lateral 
angles reaching nearly as far as the postero-lateral angles of the first abdominal 
segment. On the dorsal surface two longish hairs at each lateral angle, and 
a row of fourteen small hairs along the posterior margin. Posterior margin 
markedly concave. 
Abdomen. Crenate, somewhat longer than wide, widest at the third seg¬ 
ment, with a median dark transverse band on all the segments. On the first 
three segments there is a large dark brown pleurite on each side, these are 
succeeded on the remaining segments by a smaller pleurite of the same colour. 
On the dorsal surface, the first segment has two pairs of small pustulated hairs 
on each side of the meson near the anterior margin, and twelve hairs in a row 
along the posterior margin; second segment with a transverse row of twenty 
small pustulated hairs along the posterior margin; and a lateral group of 
five hairs. Above, and on the inner side of this lateral group, there is a further 
distinct separate group of three hairs; third segment with a transverse row 
of twenty hairs along the posterior margin, a lateral group of five hairs, and 
on the inner side above each lateral group, a further group of five hairs; 
fourth segment with a row of twenty-four pustulated hairs, a lateral group 
of three hairs, and on the inner side of this group a pair of hairs; fifth segment 
with a transverse row of twenty-four pustulated hairs, and a pair of hairs 
just within the lateral margin; sixth segment with a continuous row of thirty- 
six pustulated hairs; seventh segment with a row of twenty-four hairs; last 
segment bilobed at the apex, with a transverse row of twelve hairs, and two 
small and two longish hairs on each lobe. 
On the ventral surface segments one and two each with a row of twelve 
hairs; segment three with a row of fourteen hairs; segment four with a trans¬ 
verse row of thirty-two hairs divided into three groups, the median group 
consisting of twenty hairs, and each lateral group of six hairs; segment five 
with a row of thirty hairs, the median group consisting of twenty hairs, and 
each lateral group of five hairs; segment six with a row of twenty-eight hairs, 
the median group of twenty hairs, and each lateral group of four hairs; seventh 
segment with a pair of small pustulated hairs at each lateral margin; last 
segment with nine to ten minute pustulated hairs scattered on each side of 
the meson. 
Male. Total length 1*52 mm., length of head 0*39 mm., length of pro¬ 
thorax 0*12 mm., length of metathorax 0-15 mm., length of abdomen 0-86 mm. 
Width of head across temples 0*39 mm., width of prothorax 0*28 mm., width 
of metathorax 0-35 mm., width of abdomen at third segment 0-63 mm. 
Head. The general outline of the head mostly resembles that of the ' 
female. The antennal sinuses are deeper and wider. Ocular projections scarcely 
visible. Temples bluntly rounded, meeting the occipital margin at an angle. 
At the posterior margin of the temples there is a small prominent chitinised 
protuberance (absent in the female). Antennal bands broader than in the 
