ALLODAHLIA. 153 



■with Dohrn's type of A. liugeli in the Yieima Museum. Tliere 

 is no doubt that de Bormans was right in sinking A. hugeli as a 

 synonym of A. macrop;i(ja. The various Indian specimens which 

 have been examinee! are not specifically distinguishable from 

 Westwood's type, and so are all referred to A. macropyga. 



The sculpture of the body, the coarseness of the punctulation, 

 the depth of the sutures of the head, and of the sulcus of the pro- 

 notum all vary to a certain degree, but not enough to justify the 

 separation into species. De Bormans records a variety from 

 Burma in \^-hich the forceps are nearly horizontal, armed with a 

 single tooth, and the wings are smooth and clear yellow. In the 

 Paris Museum there is also a male of this variety from Bhutan. 



The anterior margin of the pronotum is far less strongly con- 

 cave than in the preceding species, the colour deeper and richer, 

 often with a greenish sheen, the elytra punctate and not sca- 

 brous, and the pygidium with a strong central spine. 



From the two following species it differs in the absence of any 

 red coloration, the punctate elytra, and concave anterior margin 

 of the pronotum. 



The forceps seem to be peculiarly liable to malformation and 

 ill-developed specimens are quite common. 



94. AUodaWia coriacea, Bormans** (J^'^g- 51.) 



Anechura coriacea, Bormans, (Q^) p. 403, (00") p. 102, fig. 37 ; Burr, 



(001) p_ 99^ (0:2) p. 486 ; Kirhj, (04) p. 41. 

 Foi'ficula brachynota, Dubromj, (79) p. 383 (nee Haaii, nee 



Dohrn). 

 AUodahlia coriacea, Burr, (07^) p. 209. 



Size large ; stature not very robust. Colour dark chestnut, 

 varying from all dull black to reddish black ; clear red in parts. 

 Antennae black, sometimes with one or two segments pale 

 yellowish, with stift', short bristles ; segments long and nearly 

 cylindrical. Head clear brick-red, blackish red, or all black, tumid 

 and convex, the sutures very distinct ; posterior margin sinuate. 

 Pronotum reddish black, rectangular, somewhat broader than long, 

 anterior margin truncate, anterior angles rather sharp ; lateral 

 margins quite straight, gently reflexed, very slightly converging 

 posteriorly, so that the pronotum is very slightly narrower pos- 

 teriorly than anteriorly ; posterior margin very faintly convex ; 

 prozona tumid, with an impressed spot on each side of the median 

 line, which is visible as a faint carinula in the metazona; the 

 metazona is flattened and coriaceous. Elytra ample and broad at 

 the shoulders, dai'k reddisli black, often clear red at the shoulders ; 

 humeral carina very distinct and continued to the posterior margin, 

 which is truncate. Wings with punctulation almost obsolete, 

 a:lmost smooth ; black with a yellowish spot at the apex. Legs 

 long and slender; femora brick-red, smooth, with a black band at 



