pauapiil.t:oba. 



109 



ridge sulcate nearly to the base, indistinctly punctured towards the 

 clypeus ; fastigiiun ot" the vertex convex, triangular, with no 

 transverse sulcus ; the median cariufe not intersected in front. 

 Pronotura with the surface nearly smooth, the metazona impress- 

 punctate ; the lateral carina; parallel, pale, interrupted by the 

 usual sulcus, and bordered with brown externally, the defiexed 

 lobes with the hind margin sinuate, and the lateral margin 

 sinuated in front, and roundly subangulate in the middle. 

 Tegmina extending to the first segment of the abdomen, acutely 

 lanceolate, rather convex, the lower margin more or l^ss sinuated 

 before the tip ; red, brownish beneath. Abdomen with a broad 

 brown band on each side, lined with yellow internally. 



S. Length 12 mm.; pronotum, 2-2 mm. ; tegmina, 2*8 mm. ; 

 hind femur, 8-5 mm. 



5 . LeiKjtli 20 mm. ; pronotum, 3'8 mm. ; tegmina, 3'8 mm. ; 

 hind femur, 12-5 mm. 



Madras : Madura. 



Types in the collections of Messrs. Pantel and Bolivar,^ 



126. Paraphljeoba simoui, Bol. 



Paraphlceoba simoni, Bolivar, 

 pp. 593, 594. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902^ 



Keddish brown. Frontal ridge 

 narrow as far as the eyes, parallel- 

 sided, and then considerably ex- 

 panded ; fastigium of the vertex tri- 

 angular, modei-ately produced, smooth, 

 with the carinoe distinctly raised. An- 

 teunre slightly dilated, subfiliform, ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind border 

 of the pronotum in the male. Pronotum 

 with the surface rugulose, the lateral 

 carinoe |)arallel, the defiexed lobes with 

 the hind margin indistinctly sinuated, 

 and the lower margin obtusely nar- 

 rowed. Tegmina extending to the 

 third segment of the abdomen, acutely 

 lanceolate, convex. Abdomen with a 

 broad brown band on the sides. 



S . Lem/th 1-4 mm. ; pronotum, 3 mm. ; 

 tegmina, 4 mm. ; hind femur, 9*5 mm. 



Ceylox : Nuwara Eliya. 



Ti/pe in the collection of Dr. 

 Bolivar. 



Fig. 88. 

 Panrphlaoba simoni, i^ . 



