28 



AWlTDlIN-i:. 



flattened, with two teeth beneath ; hind 

 femora very large, rounded, with several 

 large teeth beneath ; first "joint of hind 

 tarsi longer than the third, the pulvilli 

 very small. 



Apparently allied to the South American 

 genus Amorjyhojyus, Serv. 



17. Al)basia subserrata, sp. nov. 



Dull blackish brown, inner side of 

 hind femora black and shining, lined 

 with yellowish, as is also the abdomen ; 

 the outer side of the hind femora is also 

 marked with yellowish, and the teeth 

 beneath and the tarsi are of the same 

 colonr. 



Length 11-12 mm. 



Madras : Tenmalai, Travancore, W. 

 side of W. Ghats, November 1908. 



Common on rocks near water. 



Fig. 27. — Ahbasia svhserraia. 



Genus GAVIALIDIUM. 



Gavialidiwn, Saussm-e, Ann. Sec. Ent. France, (-l) i, 18G1, p. 481 ; 

 Bolivar, Ann. See. Ent. J^elg. xxxi, 1887, pp. 184, 193, 218; 

 Hancock, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pp. 107, 122 ; id., Gen. Ins., Orth. 

 Tetrig. 1906, pp. 22, 25. 



Type, Scelymena crocodilus, Sauss. 



Range. Ceylon, Philippines. 



Body rugose, pronotum much produced, obtusely truncated at 

 the extremity. Antennee slender, filiform, inserted much below 

 the eyes, on the sides of the frontal projection, betAveen which the 

 trontal carina is double, but below which it is obsolete, only 

 reappearing as indicating a small triangular space at the extremity 

 of the clypeus. Eyes globose, very prominent; ocelli incon- 

 spicuous. Front of pronotum with three strong raised cariucC, 

 the middle one continued to the apex : lower lateral margins with 

 a projecting tooth in front, expanding behind, with the margins 

 more or less strongly denticulated, to a projecting lateral lamina 

 bearing three teeth. Tegmina oval, narrow, pointed. Wings not 

 much longer than broad, and sliorter than the pronotum. Femora 

 lobate-dentate ; hind tibije only slightly widened, and the tarsal 

 joints simple. 



Keg to tlie Species. 



Pronotum without raised tubercles .... crocodilus, Sauss., p. 29. 

 Pronotum with raised tubercles alligator, Sauss., p. 29. 



