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143. Aulacobothrus strictus, Bol. 



Aulacobothrus strictus, Bolivar, Aun. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 p. 598. 



Size ratlier large ; body somewhat compressed. Colour varied 

 with pale and brown markings. Foveolie of the vertex elongated ; 

 frontal ridge sulcated, with impressed punctures, the margins 

 thickened; antennie brown. Pronotum nearly rectangular 

 behind, with the hinder area rugose, and the principal sulcus 

 placed in the middle ; the lateral carina? nearly straight, diverging 

 behind, often intersected by a black band. Tegmiua perfectly 

 developed, extending beyond the hind femora, infuscated towards 

 the tip ; mediastinal, radial, and ulnar areas with a spurious 

 nervure. Space between the mesosternal lobes narrower than the 

 lobes ; metasterual lobes contiguous in both sexes. Hind femora 

 with the knees brown on both sides ; tibiae red, with a pale ring 

 at the base. 



Length 15-21 mm.; pronotum, 3-4 mm. ; tegmina, 12-19 mm.; 

 liind lemur, 9-12-5 mm. 



Madras : Kodaikanal. 



T>/2)es in the collections of Messrs. Pantel and Bolivar. 



144. Aulacobothrus socius, Bol. 



Ati/acobot/irus socius, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 p. 599. 



Moderately compressed, varied with pale and greyish-brown 

 markings. Foveolae of the vertex rhomboidal ; frontal ridge 

 convex, impress-punctate ; antennae concolorous. Pronotum ob- 

 tusely angulated behind, or rectangular, the hinder area hardly 

 rugose, the typical sulcus placed in the middle, the lateral carinas 

 waved, approximating to the median carinte in the middle, and 

 widely divergent behind, a slender ridge externally separating the 

 dorsum from the deflexed lobes. Tegmina perfectly developed, 

 extending rather beyond the hind femora; the discoidal area with 

 a row of black subquadrate spots, the mediastinal, radial, and 

 ulnar areas with a more or less distinct spurious nervure. Space 

 between the mesosternal lobes somewhat narrower than the lobes; 

 metasternal lobes contiguous behind the foveolae in both sexes. 

 Hind femora with three oblique brown bands, and the knees 

 brown ; tibia? red, with a pale ring at tiie base. 



Leuffth 13-20 mm.; pronotum, 2-8-3-8 mm.; tegmina, 11-15 

 mm.; hind femur, 8-11 mm. 



Madras : Kodaikanal, Madura. 



Ty2)e in the collectioi) of St. Joseph's College, Trichinopoly. 



145. Aulacobothrus infernus, Bol 



AulacohofJivKs infernus, Bolivar, 

 p. 599. 



Body moderately compressed; pale grey varied with brown 



Aulacohot/irns infernus, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixx, 1902, 

 p. 599. 



