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Gonolabis felix (Burr) Anisolabis felix Burr, 1907, in: Sjöstedt: Kilimanjaro Orth. , p. 17, pl. 4, fig. 4 (male). - Terra typica: Tanganyika /Type male: British Museum (Hist. Nat.)/. - Horridola­bis felix (Burr); Burr, 1914, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. , (8) 13: 581. - Gelotolabis felix (Burr); Burr, 1915, J. R. micr. Soc, 1915: 541. - Gonolabis felix (Burr); Popham and Brindle, 1966, Entomologist, 99: 273. Discussion: Male reddish black, antennae and legs yeUow or yellowish brown. Head reddish, broad and tumid; with sutures distinct. Antennae with first segment long but shorter than distance between antennái bases; second segment quadrate, third long, longer than 4th joint. Eyes small, shorter than scape. Pronotum more or less quadrate, with a short median longitudinal furrow. Tegmina and wings absent. Meso- and metanotum normal. Abdomen ex­pended to last tergite; transverse, with a median longitudinal furrow. Penultimate sternite broad, posterior margin rounded. Forceps asymmetrical, broad and trigonal basally, curved apically; inner margin with asymmetrical basal teeth. Genitalia (Fig. 11) typical; paramere Figs. 10-12. External paramere of male genitalia of 10 • Gonolabis umbrosa (Brindle, 1964), 11 = G. felix (Burr, 1907), and 12 = G. hincksi (Brindle, 1964) V-shaped, median incision of anterior margin deep and broad; genital lobe well developed, without virgae; external parameres broad near base, narrowed only on distal third, apex ob­tuse. Female similar to male, but forceps symmetrical, tapering. Length of body with forceps: male: 20-26, female: 19-25 mm. Distribution: East Africa, Indomalay Archipelago, Java to New Guinea. Gonolabis hincksi (Brindle), comb, nov. Gelotolabis hincksi Brindle, 1964, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (13) 7: 753, fig. 10 (male genitalia). - Terra typica: Kenya (Type male: Hincks's Collection in Manchester Museum). Discussion: Male large, blackish species, with yellow legs, almost impunctate on head, thorax, and basal abdominal segments. Head typical, tumid and broad; sutures distinct. Eyes small, shorter than genae. Antennae brown, first segment long but shorter than dist­ance between antennái bases. Pronotum slightly widened posteriorly, all angles rounded. Tegmina and wings absent. Abdomen dilated to last tergite, thence parallel-sided, punctation

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