S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 43/1. (Budapest, 1982)

We are unfamiliar with this species and therefore present herein its original description (BARRETT, 1928: 173). "Body oval, strongly convex, castaneous. Head deflexed, with slightly constricted eyes; eyes very coarsely granulate, widely separated on the front, slightly emarginate in front and not prolonged over the insertion of the antennae; maxillary palpi large, four-segmented, last segment strongly dilated and obliquely truncate at type, longer than wide; antennae eleven-segmented, first two segments equal in length to segments three to seven inclusive, last four segments dilated, forming a well-developed club, first two segments thicker than third. Prothorax twice as wide as long, as wide behind as base of elytra, a slight though distinct margin at sides, base sinuate at each side; finely, moderately, closely and irregularly punctate. Scutellum invisible. Elytra convex, sides narrowly inflexed, non-striated, finely, moderately, closely and irregularly punctate, with a single seta arising in each puncture. Abdomen with five ventral segments, basal segment subequal to second at middle. Legs moderately robust; anterior coxae narrowly separated, large and almost oval; middle coxae small, moderately separated with the mesosternum between coxae cordiform; hind coxae small and narrowly separated; hind tibia with two spines on distal end, one half to two thirds as long as first tarsal segment, serrate on under margin, outer spine slightly longer than inner; tarsi 5-5-4, pubescent, first segment of middle tarsi at least as long as the next two combined, first segment of hind tarsi as long as tibia; tarsal claws simple. Length 2.5 to 3.5 mm, breadth 1.25 to 2 mm; holotype (No 2558, Mus.Calif.Acad.

Sei.) and ten paratypes taken by myself from nests of the wood rat, Neotoma fuscipes Baird, near Pasadena, California, January 1, 1928." Judging from the description, this form is distinguishable from all species of Lederia by the pronotal hind margin very well bislnuate. DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW SPECIES Lederia (Lederina) minima sp.n. (fig. 4) Locality: Vietnam, Cuc-phuong Bong, jungle, extracted from litter, 1 6* (holotype) - 12-15. XII. 1965, leg. T. PÓCS. The abovementioned spcimen is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Description: Body oblong-oval, rather convex, ca. 1.93 times longer than wide. Colour light red-brown, maxillary palpi, antennae and partly legs red-yellow. Dorsum slightly shining, clothed with fine, short, decumbent, silky, grey-yellowish pubescence. Head rather densely, moderately finely (coarser than pronotum) punctured. Eyes coarsely faceted, reniform, anteriorly clearly emarginate. Interocular isthmus subequal to height of eye. Joint 2 of maxillary palpi longitudinal; joint 3 shorter than 2nd, transverse; joint 4 large, roundly securiform, not less than 1.6 to 1.7 times broader and ca. 3.3 times longer than 3rd. Antennae (as fig. 7) rather short, only a little exceeding beyond pronotal hind margin; joints 1 and 2 well developed, longitudinal, subequal in length, taken together a little longer than joints 2 to 8 combined; joint 3 short and thin, not less than twice thinner and ca. 3.3 times shorter than 2nd; joints 4 and 5 also short, subequal in length; joints 6 to 8 short as well, but more or less gradually broadening; at least joint 8 more or less transverse; joints 9 to 11 well developed, forming a club; joint 9 very poorly longitudinal, ca. 1.5 times as wide and ca. 2.2 times as long as the 8th; joints 9 and 10 subequal in length; joint 11 more or less oblong-oval, ca. twice as long as wide, ca. 1.7 times longer than 10th, joints 9 to 11 combined ca. 1.5 to 1.6 times longer than joints 3 to 8 taken together. Pronotum much transverse, ca. twice broader than long, broadest at base, whereupon anteriad roundly narrowed; base very slightly concave, exceedingly poorly bisinuate, nearly straight (fig. 4). Surface finely shagreen and highly finely and obscurely punctured. Prothoracic process narrowly dividing procixae triangular, apically sharpened, ending approximately between hind third or quarter of their length. Mesothoracic process dividing mesocoxae narrow, just a bit exceeding beyond a half of their length. Metathorax with a very fine isodiametric microsculpture, more or less finely punctured along middle, sparser superficially punctured laterally. Axial depression of metathorax oblong-oval, sharpened posteriad, reaching anteriad ca. at anterior quarter of metathoracic length (fig. 28). Metepisterna very narrow, not less than 6.0 times longer than wide (anteriorly). Posterior (broader) part of metacoxae more or less finely, but considerably denser punctured (especially laterally) than metathorax. Spurs of metatibiae long, unequal in length; longer spur almost reaching apex of metatarsal joint 1 (as fig. 25). The latter