ANISOLABIS. 85 



Forcinella hottentotta, Dohrn, (G7-) p. 344. 



Anisolabis bormansi, Scudd., Bull. Mus. Harvard, xxv. p. 5, pi. i, 



%. 1 ; Bonn. (00-) p. 49. 

 Forcinella antoni, Dohrn, (64) p. 289. 

 Anisolabis antoni, Borm. (00") p. 49. 

 Forcinella azteca, Dohrn, (62) p. 226. 

 Anisolabis azteca, Scudd. (76) p. 302 : Borm. (00^) p. 49. 

 Anisolabis antennata, Kirbi/, (91) p. 517. 



The references given above are the more important in the 

 extensive literature and synonymy of this species. 



Medium sized, black, shining. Head black ; antennae with 

 basal segment reddish ; the rest greyish brown, except the two 

 penultimate segments which are whitish, Prouotum as broad 

 as the head, sometimes paler in colour, quadrate ; elytra eii.tireiy 

 absent. Abdomen with sides more or less parallel, with no 

 tubercles upon the sides of the second and third segments ; sixth 

 to ninth segments in the (S with sides acute-angled, striate and 

 carinate. Last dorsal segment larger than the others, slightly 

 impressed in the middle. Legs testaceous, the femora banded 

 with black, as are also the tibice ; the depth and intensity of this 

 banding varies very considerably. Branches of the forceps in the 

 (5 subcontiguous at the base, stout, strongly incurved, the right 

 branch crossing above the left at the apex ; in the 5 the branches 

 are straight, conical, subcontiguous. 



Length of body 11 mm. 12-14 mm. 



„ forceps 2 ,, 3-35 ,, 



Bengal : Calcutta (Ind. Mus.), Purneah District (Ind. Mus.) ; 

 Muzaffarpur, Behar, Sitamarhi and Pupri (Pusa coll.) ; Pusa 

 {Pasa coll., coll. Burr) ; Bombay : Karachi (Paris Mus.), Bombay 

 (coll. Bormans) ; Madras : Trichinopoli (coll. Bolivar) ; Burma : 

 Metanja, viii. ; Teinzo, v. ; Shwegu, x. ; Bhamo, vii./viii. ; Man- 

 dalay, xi.; Eangoou, v./xii. ; Karen-ni, Keba Distr., 3000-3700 ft., 

 vi./xii. ; Karen-ni, Greku Distr., 4300-7400 ft., ii., iii., v. (Genoa 

 Mus.) ; Ceylon : Punduluoya, Hutton, Kala Wewa, Madulsima 

 (coll. Burr). 



A universally distributed species, vei'y abundant in the wild 

 state and also under artificial conditions. 



41. Anisolabis dubronii, Kirhy* (Pig. 97.) 



Anisolabis lasta, Borm. (nee Gerst.) (SS) p. 435, (94) p. 379, 



(00-) p. 46 (partim). 

 Anisolabis dubronii, Kirhy, (03) p. 68, (04) p. 19 ; Burr, (03) 



p. 270. 



Colour entirely dark reddish black except the head and legs. 

 Head ferruginous, the sutures indistinct ; mouth-parts blackish, 

 palpi testaceous ; antennae with 21 segments, typical of the genus, 

 -dark brown. Pronotum subi'ectangular, longer than broad, slightly 



