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robust, trigonal, straight, tapering, cylindrical towards the apex 

 and gently hooked there. 



d 2 



Length of body 8-9 mm. 9-10 mm. 



,, forceps .... 1-2 „ 1-2-5 ,, 



Bombay: Bombay (coll. Bormans), Karachi (Paris Mus.); 

 Madras : Pondicherry (Paris Mus.) ; Ceylon : Diyatalawa in 

 August, Trincomali in July (coll. Burr). 



Type in Stockholm. 



Widely distributed through the Malay Archipelago and else- 

 where in the Oriental Region, this species occurs also in Mada- 

 gascar (Nossi-be), the Comoro Is., and Pemba, off the east coast 

 of Africa, 



Superficially, it resembles the ubiquitous Anisolahis annulipes in 

 size, colour and form, but may be at once distinguished by the 

 presence of narrow, but perfectly distinct, lateral flaps on the 

 mesonotum, the abbreviated rudiments of elytra. Immature 

 specimens of these two species are probably indistinguishable. 



The specimens from Ceylon are a httle larger than tfie typical 

 form (length of body, 13-5 mm.), the legs are of a uniform 

 yellow colour, and the head is rather larger and more tumid. 



45. Borellia annandalei, Burr. * 



Auisolabis annandalei, Burr, (06) p. 389, (07-) p. 209. 



Head reddish, smooth and shining, darker in the centre ; sutures 

 fairly distinct. Antennae with 10-17 segments, typical, the basal 

 segments testaceous, the rest dark greyish brown. Pronotum 

 ample, subquadrate, somewhat broader posteriorly than anteriorly, 

 all borders straight, hinder angles rounded ; disc somewhat tumid, 

 but metazona scarcely more flat than prozona ; median suture 

 fairly distinct ; sides distinctly reflexed ; dark fuscous, varied 

 M'ith testaceous, especially on the borders ; slightly longer than 

 bi'oad. Mesonotum smooth, ample, transvei'se, bearing the elytra. 

 Metanotum normal, posterior border sinuate. Elytra present 

 as small, elongated, testaceous, oval flaps on each side of the 

 mesonotum ; as long as the mesonotum and about one-quarter 

 as broad. Legs yellowish testaceous, the femora and knees some- 

 times marked with a narrow black band, which is often obsolete. 

 Prosternimi oblong, scarcely attenuate posteriorly. Abdomen 

 dark reddish black, shining, very finely punctulated ; somewhat 

 flattened and broadened towards the apex (in the manner of typical 

 Anisolahis maritima, Bon., (S ) ; sides of the segments, as seen from 

 above, slightly recurved ; as seen from the side, pointed posteriorly 

 and bearing a small longitudinal keel. Last dorsal segment ample, 

 broader than long, very finely punctulated, with a deep median 



