108 tryxalixtE. 



Genus PARAPHLiEOBA. 



ParajMccoba, Bolivar. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, pp. 592, 

 593. 



Type, Paraphlccoha pJatijcejys, Bol. 



Rancje. India, Ceylon. 



General characters of Phlceohida, but the carinse of the vertex 

 are acute, without foveolae, the pronotum is truncated both before 

 and beliind, and the rudimentary tegmina are more or less 

 pointed. 



Key to the Species. 



1 (2) Pronotum expanded heliind, witli tlie dorsal 



carina? distinctly converging behind .... pkiti/cejhs, Eol., 



2 (1) Pronotum not expanded behind, with the [p. 108. 



lateral carinas parallel, not diverging 



behind. ' [p. 108. 



3 (4) Pronotum nearly smooth cannata, JBol., 



4 (3) Pronotum ruguiose siinoni, Bol., p. 109. 



124. Paraphlaeoba platyceps, Bol. 



Panipltlccoba pUityceps, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 p. 593, pi. ix, ^^. 29. 



Rusty grey, or brown, pubescent. Frontal ridge almost com- 

 pletely sulcated, towards the clypeus deeply impress-punctate ; 

 fastigium of the vertex smooth, triangular, transverse in the 

 male, and in the female as long as broad, and forming an obtuse 

 angle in front ; the median carina interrupted by a transverse 

 sulcus before the tip. Pronotum with the surface ruguiose, 

 impresso-punctate behind, truncated, often very slightly excised 

 in the middle, uith the lateral carinae callous, distinctly diverging 

 behind, and externally bordered with brown ; the deflexed lobes 

 with the hind margin sinuated, and the lower margin obtusely 

 angulated behind the middle. Hind knees infuscated. Abdomen 

 with a broad brown fascia on each side, Avith a narrow pale 

 border within. 



(5. Length 15 mm.; pronotum, 2*8 mm, ; tegmina, 2*8 mm. ; 

 hind femur, 10 mm. 



5. Length 26 mm,; pronotum, 4*5 mm. ; tegmina, 4*5 mm.; 

 hind femur, 15 mm. 



Madras : Kodaikanal. 



Tgjies in the collections of Messrs. Pantel and Bolivar. 



125. Paraphlaeoba carinata, Bol 



Parnphlceohii carinata, Bolivar, 

 pp. 593, 594. 



Greyish brown or ferruginous, with grev pubescence. Frontal 



Parnphlccoha carinata, Bolivar, Ann, Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 pp. 593, 594. 



