PSALIS. 77 



North side of the Western Ghats, Tenmalai (lad. Mus , coll 

 Burr). ^ ' 



T)ipe in the British Museum. 



This handsome little earwig can only be coufused with the 

 follomng species. Its deep black colour, brilliant oily lustre, and 

 blue sheen on the elytra are very distinctive, although'the latter is 

 not always very strongly marked, at least in old specimens 



A record from Somerset, in Northern Australia, must almost 

 certainly refer to a distinct species. 



33. Psalis castetsi, Borm. 



Carcinophora castetsi, Borm. apud Bol (97) p. 284; Borm. m^) 

 p. 41 ; Kirhj, (04) p. 15. ^ ' 



Pitch-black, punctulate ; three basal segments of antenna? dark 

 ye lowish; mouth-parts yellowish; pronotum with very narrow 

 pale side border. Elytra short, truncate, excavate at axillary 

 angle so as to expose a minute scutellum ; abdomen typical- 

 forceps unarmed, typical. ' 



6 9 



Length of body 9-5 mm. 11 mm. 



„ forceps .... 1-75 „ 2 



Madeas: Trichinopoli, Kodaikanal {coll. Bolivar) 

 _ According to deBormans this species differs from 'the preceding 

 in the axil ary excavation of the elytra, which thus expose a 

 minute scutellmn ; he also states that these organs are much the 

 same as m the European Pseudochelklura sinaata. 



34. Psalis lefroyi, sp. n. (Fig. 20.) 



Of medium size, sturdy build, and deep reddish chestnut colour 

 Antennae blackish, the apical segments white. Head shining 

 blackish red. Pronotum black, slightly wider posteriorly thaS 

 anteriorly, a little longer than broad, almost rectangular- 

 posterior margin straight, very narrowly bordered with yellow' 

 the sides reflexed ; prozona not tumid. Elytra blackish brown' 

 ample, obliquely truncate at the apex. Wings abortive (in the 

 type). Femora yellowish, with a broad black ring; tibL and 

 tarsi yellowish Abdomen deep reddish chestnut, almost black, 

 smooth. Last dorsal segment in the d smooth, transverse, genth' 

 narrowed posteriorly. Forceps in d and o red, the branches 

 subcontiguous, stout, trigonal, conical, straight. 



Length of body 9 ^im. 7-5^mm 



„ forceps 1-75 ^^ 2 



Bombay : Mahim, 2i^ii.04, "feeding on plantain roots" (Pusa 

 <^oll.) ; Bengal : Pusa (Pusa coll.). ^ 



Type in the author's collection. 



