152 rORFICULID^. 



subcouvex ; posterior margin slightly convex ; the sui-face is 

 depressed and finely rugulose, the prozona not tumid, the median 

 hne obsolete, with no impressions at the sides. Elytra dark 

 reddish chestnut, not dilated, finely puuctulate, the carina ex- 

 tending almost to the posterior margin, which is truncate. 

 Wings resembling elytra in colour and texture, but more finely 

 punctulate. Sternal plates smooth and black ; prosternum dis- 

 tinctly narrowed posteriorly, the posterior border itself incrassate 

 and bounded by a transverse impression. Legs fairly long ; femora 

 and tibise with a few bristles, apical part of tibias and tarsi 

 pubescent. Abdomen depressed, somewhat dilated towards the 

 apex, with upper surface punctate ; lateral tubercles distinct ; 

 ventral surface smoother and shining, punctation much finer. 

 Last dorsal segment short and transverse, hinder margin 

 thickened, with a slight and shallow emargination in the 

 middle, so that the hinder border forms two very obtuse rounded 

 lobes ; external angles produced outwards into a conical pointed 

 fold. Pygidium short, obtuse, thick, conical, the apex being 

 produced into a sharp and slender compressed spine. Forceps 

 with the branches widely remote at the base, rather stout and 

 compressed at the base itself, bent near the base slightly outwards 

 and strongly upwards ; at a third of their length bent abruptly 

 downwards as far as two-thirds ; then the under margin is 

 thickened and ai'med with two strong teeth ; the apical third is 

 again bent sharply upwards and the points also inwards ; seen 

 from the side the branches are very strongly undulated; seen 

 from above bowed outwards and then gently inwards. 



c? 2 



Length of body 10-13 mm. 9-5 mm. 



„ forceps 5-6 „ 5 „ 



Thibet : Tsekon (Paris 21iis.) ; Punjab : Simla ; United 

 Pbovinces : Bhim Tal in Kumaon, 4500 feet, ix., " feeding on 

 the flowers of stinging nettles " (Lid. Mus., coll. Bun') ; Sikkim : 

 Darjihng (Paris Mus., coll. Burr) ; Bhutan : Pedong (Paris 

 3Ius.) ; Assam : Nongpoh in Khasi Hills, 3000-5000 ft. (Pusa 

 coll.) • Naga Hills (Tnd. litis.) ; Burma : Bhamo, iv., Teinzo, v., 

 Karen-ni, Keba Distr., 3000-3700 ft., v.-xii. (Genoa j\his.); 

 Tenasserim : Mt. Mulaiyit, 3300-6000 ft., v. (Genoa 3Ius.). 



Also occurs in China. 



Type in the University Museum, Oxford. 



Dohrn's type of A. ancijlura not having been examined, it is not 

 possible to discriminate it from the earlier described A. macropyga 

 of Westwood, but Dohrn's type is recorded from the Philippines 

 and is therefore probably distinct. It is probable that de Bormans' 

 Burmese specimens are referable to the true A. macropyga of 

 "Westwood, whose type in the Oxford Museum has been lent to 

 me, thanks to the courtesy of Professor Poulton, and compared 



