Seance du 26 octobre 1887. CLXVH 



2 PAGRIA STRIGICOLLIS. Breviter oblonga, convexa, saturate sub- 

 brunneo-xnea, nitida, capite grosse confluenter punctato, corrugato, post 

 oculos profunde sulcato, oculis magnis, valde prominentibus, intus leviter 

 emarginatis, labro sicut et palpis brunneo-testaceis, antennis gracilibus, 

 ultra prothoracis basin vix attingentibus, articulis sex basalibus Isete 

 testaceis, quinqne ultimis nigricantibus; prothorace subcylindrico, valde 

 convexo, densissime confluenter punctato et strigato, lateribus utrinque 

 rotundato; scutello parvo, triangulari, apice subacuto; elytris infra 

 humeros utrinque fortiter transversim impressis, longitudinaliter elevato- 

 costatis, inter stitiis subconfluenter punctatis; pedibus sat validis, piceo- 

 brunneis, tibiis apice tarsisque dilutioribus , femoribus omnibus subtus 

 dente acuto armatis. Long. 33 1/2 mill.; lat. 1 3/42 mill. 



Ramnad (Hindoustan). 



3 NODOSTOMA FABREI. Subelongato-oblongum , modice convexum, 

 saturate cyaneum, nitidum, capite grosse punctato, epistomate fronte con- 

 tinuato, apice arcuatim emarginato, labro, palpis antennisque brunneo- 

 testaceis, his subfiliformibus , dimidium corpus attingentibus, articulis 

 quinque ultimis nigro-infuscatis ; prolhorace subcylindrico, punctis grossis 

 hie illic disperse remote instructo, lateraliter utrinque rotundato; scutello 

 triangulari, Isevissimo, apice subrotundato ; elytris infra humeros utrin 

 que sat fortiter subarcuatim impressis, grosse regulariter lineatim punc 

 tatis, punctis autem versus apicem omnino deletis; pedibus elongatis, 

 brunneo-testaceis vel piceo-nigris, femoribus quatuor posticis subtus dente 

 minuto armatis. Long. 55 1/2 mill.; lat. 2 1/22 3/4 mill. 



Ramnad (Hindoustan). 



4 ABIRUS ANGUSTATUS. Oblongo-elongatus, parallelus, modice con- 

 vexus, subtus brunneo-subseneus, leviter albido-pubescens, supra xneo- 

 viridis vel subcupreo-seneus, nitidus; capite densissime substrigatim punc- 

 talo, labro, palpis antennisque brunneo-testaceis; prothorace fere duplo 

 longiore parum latiore, creberrime punctato, punctis majoribus et mino- 

 ribus intermixtis ; elytris infra humeros vix perspicue transversim im 

 pressis, juxta suturam lineatim sat regulariter punctulatis, disco exteriori 

 autem dense transversim substrigatis, versus apicem pilis minutissimis 

 albidis instructis; femoribus tibiisque brunneo-testaceis vel piceis, tar sis 

 nigricantibus. Long. 5 1/26 mill.; lat. 2 1/22 3/4 mill. 

 Ramnad (Hindoustan). 



M. E. Simon communique quelques observations sur les Arach- 

 nides (suite) : 

 11 La famille des Hersiliidss etait regardee jusqu ici comme propre a 



