104 LABIDURID^ 



vertical, tumid in the middle ; in $ similar but very narrow. Last 

 dorsal segment of d very short and broad, somewhat inflated, with 

 a median depression, posteriorly depressed, the margin truncate, 

 subtuberculate over the insertion of the forceps : in $ similar, but 

 narrower. Forceps of 6 with the branches remote at the base, 

 verv obtusely trigonal at the base itself, almost immediately 

 cylindrical, straight and diverging for about two-thirds their 

 length, then strongly, but not angukrly, bowed inwards; in 2 

 subcontiguous, trigonal, short, tapering, conical, very gently 

 arcuate; in both sexes the forceps are black for about two-thirds 

 their length, the rest red. 



Length of body 9 mm. 8 mm. 



„ forceps 2 „ 1 „ 



iS'.E. Kashmir : on the road from Srinagar to Grilgit, altitude 

 about 6700 ft. (Turin Mus., coll. Burr). 



Type in the Turin Museum, 



This is an interesting species, being closely related to Ps. tvalkeri, 

 Burr, from New Zealand, with which it possesses many characters 

 in common. 



It differs in the somewhat smaller size, deep black colour and 

 absence of dense pubescence (in the specimens examined) ; the 

 last dorsal segment is gently inflated throughout in P. tvalkeri, but 

 in this species it is depressed posteriorly and has a slight median 

 depression which is absent in P. tvall-eri, as are also the faint 

 tubercles over the roots of the forceps. The forceps differ in being 

 red at the apex and being only faintly trigonal, and that only at 

 the extreme base ; they are more strongly divergent, and strongly 

 arched inwards, not abruptly nor angularly bowed. The female 

 of P. ivaJJceri is unknown. 



56. Pseudisolabis tenera, sp. u. (Fig. 36.) 



Uniform dull red brown, with a few isolated bristles, but no 

 close pubescence. Antennae with 17 segments; the first clubbed, 

 third cylindrical and elongate, fourth very short, not longer 

 than broad, fifth a trifle longer, sixth a little longer, but 

 not so long as the third, all these are gently conical ; 

 the rest are about as long as the third, subcylindrical, all 

 dull brown, smooth. Head tumid, sutures obsolete. Pronotum 

 a little broader than the head, and distinctly broader than long, 

 rectangular, depressed ; median suture distinct in fore portion 

 only ; prozona not distinct from metazona ; sides reflexed, smooth ; 

 light dull brown. Mesonotum of the same colour, very short and 

 finely punctulate. Metanotum of the same colour and sculpture, 

 very short. Sternal plates smooth, light brown, the sides parallel, 

 transverse ; metasternum truncate. Legs dull brown ; second tarsal 

 segment nearly as long as the first. Abdomen subdepressed, dull 



