156 FORFICULID.f. 



remote at the base, elongate, siuuous and strongly toothed ; simple 

 in the $ . 



Bange. India and Burma. 



This genus is monotypic. It is well characterized by the form 

 of the tarsi ; in the form of the pronotuin and tarsi it approaches 

 the CTielisochince. 



S6. Homotages fesB, Bonncms** (Fig. 101.) 



Anechura feae, Bormans. (88) p. 44-5, (94) p. 34, (00-) p. 104 ; Kirby, 



(04) p. 41 ; Bun; (07^) p. 209, (08^) p. 118. 

 Homotages fese, Burr, (09) p. 327, fig. 7. 



Size medium, variable ; not very robust. Colour deep black or 

 dark reddish black, elytra and forceps reddish. Antennae with 

 15 segments, which are rather short and nearly black. Head 

 smooth and convex, quite black, posterior margin truncate, sutures 

 obsolete ; eyes black. Pronotum transverse, broader than long, 

 broader posteriorly than anteriorly, all margins straight, posterior 

 angles rounded, sides slightly reflexed; prozona tumid, with 

 median sulcus and impressions on each side very distinct ; meta- 

 y.ona flattened, smooth, dull black. Elytra ample, smooth, dai'k 



Fig, 12. — Tarsus of Homotages fes, Bonn. 



reddish black, with a clear but ill-defined bright red spot at the 

 shoulders. Wings long, black. Legs rather long, black, paler 

 towards the apex ; apical part of tibiae and the tarsi with yellow 

 pubescence. Prosternum angustate posteriorly ; sternal plates 

 smooth and black. Abdomen convex, slightly dilated posteriorly, 

 dark chocolate-black ; basal segments smooth, apical segments 

 ■with an extremely fine rugulose sculpture. Ventral segments 

 blackish red, smooth in the middle, striated towards the sides; 

 sides of the dorsal segments convex and striated. Last dorsal 

 segment of 6 large, smooth, transverse, posterior margin sti*aight, 

 with a tumid elevation over the roots of the forceps ; in the 2 

 more attenuate, the tubercles nearly obsolete. Pygidium of S 

 nearly rectangular, in the form of a nearly vertical plate, posterior 

 margin truncate, the angles produced into a spine ; in Lhe 5 

 horizontal, depressed, angustate posteriorly ; the posterior margin 

 slightly emarginate and the angles sharp. Forceps of S with 

 the branches rather stout, elongate, but slightly incurvate ; viewed 

 laterally, strongly sinuate downwards, then upwards ; armed on 

 the inner margin beneath with a pair of strong sharp teeth (one 

 sometimes obsolete); about the apical third there is another 

 strong sharp tooth beneath, beyond which the branches are 

 straight, unarmed, incurved at the apex itself. In the $ the 



