154 FOEFICULID.I. 



the apex ; tibiae dark red, pubescent tow ards the apex ; tarsi long 

 and slendei% reddish testaceous, with dense yellowish pubescence. 

 Abdomen black, somewhat depressed, the whole surface densely 

 and finely punctulate : lateral tubercles very distinct ; ventral 

 surface almost smooth ; in tlie female slightly, in the male more 

 strongly, dilated about the middle, narrower towards the apex. 

 Last dorsal segment very short, transverse, strongly punctulate, 

 sloping, the posterior border somewhat incrassate, reflex and 

 convex in outline ; external angles thickened into a crest-like fold, 

 rather acute. In the female this segment is attenuate and 

 narrow, sloping, the posterior margin incrassate, but the external 

 angles not produced. Pygidium of d" short, transverse and rect- 

 angular, with a median longitudinal impression and somewhat 

 tumid on each side, produced in the middle of the posterior 

 margin into a short, compressed, protruding lobular fold ; in 

 the 2 short and obtuse. Forceps with the branches in the 

 (? very remote at the base ami trigonal there, not very stout, 

 diverging at first and dii'ected upwards and outwards, then suddenly 

 bent rather strongl}'- downwards, attenuate, slender, smooth and 

 unarmed ; armed on the under surface, at about two-thirds from 

 the base, with two teeth, the first short and blunt, the second longer 

 and sharp ; then nearly horizontal and arched inwards ; in the 

 2 the branches are subcontiguous, excavate at the base on the 

 inner margin to admit the pygidium, nearly straight, elongate, 

 simple and unarmed, the apices crossing. 



6 2 



Length of body 12-14 mm. 14 mm. 



„ forceps 7 ,, 7 „ 



United Provinces : Bhim Tal, 4500 ft., in Kumaun, ix., 

 " feeding on flowers of stinging nettles " (Ind. 3Lis.) ; Bhutan : 

 Maria Basti {Paris Mus.) ; Burma : Karen-ni, Keba District, 

 3000-3700 ft., v.-xii. {Genoa Mus.) ; Tenasserim : Mt. Mulaiyit 

 {Brit. Mm.). 



Also occurs in Tonkin and Borneo. 



Type in Genoa Museum. 



This species resembles A. scahriuscida in general appearance, but 

 the colour is quite different; the elytra are uniformly punctulated 

 and coriaceous, and lack the little tubercles which characterize that 

 species ; the elytra are also wider, the forceps less stout and less 

 abruptly curved ; in A. scahrlusmla the forceps have one tooth, but 

 in A. coriacea they have two. 



95. Allodahlia ahrimanes, Burr.* (Fig. 98.) 



Anechura ahrimanes, Burr, (00^) p. 79, pi. iv, fig. 5 ; Kirby, (04) 

 p. 41. 



Head deep red ; eyes black ; sutures indistinct ; antennae dark 

 red (seven segments remain). Pronotum black, broader than the 



