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probable that these are not identical with de Borraans' specimens, 

 which would appear to fall into the genus Obelura with 0. tamul. 



Accordingly, the remark that K asiatka is the type of Liparura 

 (Burr, Tr. Ent. Soc. London, p. 119, 1U04) must be read as re- 

 ferring to these specimens, then regarded as J^. asiaiica, and not 

 to the true N. asiatka of de Bormans. 



Genus OBELURA, Burr. 



Obelura, i?Mn-, (07') p. 11«. 

 Neolobophora, Burr (partim). 



Type, Neolohoplwra tamul, liurr. 



Size small ; build slender. Antennae as in OjnslJiocosmia. Head 

 smooth. Pronotum as broad as the head, square. Elytra rudi- 

 mentary, trapezoidal, keeled along the outer margin ; inner margin 

 shorter than the outer, thus forming a small scutellum ; hinder 

 margin obliquely truncate. Wings abortive. Legs long and 

 slender. Abdomen with lateral tubercles very distinct, smooth ; 

 last dorsal segment very narrow, smooth, sloping. Forceps with 

 branches subcontiguous at base, very elongate and slender. 



Rawje. Southern India and Ceylon. 



Thetwo known members of this genus are easy to recognize by 

 their slender build, uniform testaceous colour, rudimentary elytra, 

 and long slender forceps. 



Table of Species. 



1. Elytra with axillary margin very sliort, 

 thus exposinf^ a broad scutellum ; 

 pt'nultimate ventral segment of S 



with a .s])ino on each side asiatiai, JJorm., p. IB.'l 



1.1. Elytra with axillary marf;;in scarcely 

 shorter tlian co«tal margin, scutellum 

 very small ; penultimate ventral seg- 

 ment of c? unarmed tamul, Burr, p. 184. 



IIG. Obelura asiatica, Borm. 



Neolobophorit, asiatica, Borm. a])ud Bolivar, (i)7) p. 285, pi. 1, fig. 2; 



Borm. (()()•-) ]). 100 ; Kirhi/, (04) p. 20. 

 Liparura asiatica, Burr, (07 'j p. 119. 



Reddish chestnut, shining, all the legs dirty testaceous. Frons 

 depressed, occiput convex, almost circumvallate. Elytra small, 

 nearly triangular, showing a scutellum. Wings absent. Abdomen 

 convex, dilated a little beyond the middle. Last dorsal segment 

 strongly narrowed posteriorly, especially in ? , and sloping. 

 Penultimate ventral segment of S with a sharp spine at each side. 

 Branches of the forceps of J subcontiguous at the base, depressed 

 and compressed, with an erect tooth on the upper surface ; cylin- 

 drical as far as a strong sjjine, directed backwards, situated about 



