PSEUDISOLABIS. 103 



rather long and slender, about half as long as the third, the first 

 about as long as the second and third united. Abdomen 

 rather depressed, gently dilated about the apical third and 

 very slightly narrower at the apex itself ; last dorsal segment 

 short, transverse, truncate posteriorly ; penultimate ventral 

 segment obtusely rounded ; last ventral segment visible as a pair 

 of triangular lobes just protruding. Forceps remote at the base, 

 trigonal at the base itself, tapering and short. 



BaiKje. India and Xew Zealand. 



This genus differs from Parisolahis in being much less depressed 

 and less dilated, and the last dorsal segment is by no means 

 narrowed. It approaches more nearly to Anisolabis thau does 

 Parisolabis, and represents the transition between the Bracliylahince 

 and the Psalitue. 



In the form of the abdomen and the last dorsal segment Pseud- 

 isolabis approaches Anisolabis, but the antennae have fewer segments, 

 the second segment of the tarsi is longer, the posterior margin of the 

 metasternum is scarcely produced between the posterior coxoe, and 

 the metasternum is shorter, relatively much broader and truncate 

 posteriorly. 



Two species occur in India ; a third, the type, occurs in New 

 Zealand. 



Table of Species. 



1. Shining black ; forceps strongly bowed . . hurri, Borelli, p. 103." 

 1.1. Dull brown ; forceps straight, only arched 



at the apex tenera. sp. n., p. 104. 



55. Pseudisolabis biirri, Borelli.**' (Fig. 35.) 



Pseudisolabis burri, Borelli, (09) p. 1. 



Rather small, smooth, scarcely pubescent and shining black. 

 Antenna) dark bro\^n, with 15 segments, third cylindrical, fairly 

 long, fourth very short, almost globular, fifth a little longer, subconi- 

 cal, sixth about equal to third, subconical, the remainder subcorneal. 

 Head tumid, smooth, black, shining, sutures almost obsolete. 

 Pronotum rectangular, decidedly broader thau long. Meso- and 

 metasternum transverse, with no trace of keel or elytra. Sternal 

 plates typical of the genus. Femora rather thick, black, yellowish 

 at the base and apex ; tibiee brown, yellow at the base and apex ; 

 tarsi yellowish, slender, typical of the genus. Abdomen dull 

 black, exceedingly minutely punctulated, hairless above (in the 

 specimens examined), with a few long slender bz'istles at the sides, 

 which in the sixth and seventh segments of the S are convex ; the 

 abdomen of the J is gently dilated to about two-thirds its length 

 and then slightly narrowed ; in the $ the dilation is shorter and 

 the narrowing a little stronger ; penultimate ventral segment of cj' 

 and 2 broadly rounded ; pygidium of <S not protruding, broad. 



