184 rOEFICULIDJE. 



the middle ; then gently arcuate, slender ; in $ long, slender, nearly 

 straight, unarmed and contiguous, points hooked. 



d $ 



Length of body 7 - 9-25 mm. 3'5-7"5 mm. 



„ forceps .... 8-5-10-5 „ 3'5 „ 



S. Madras : Kodaikanal. 



The above description is adapted from that of de Bormans, 

 given by Bolivar. 



Workers on the spot must decide the true relations between 

 this and 0. tamul. 



117. Obelura tamul, Bim-:'^ (Fig. 65.) 



Neolobophora tamul, Burr, (01) p. G7, pi. B, fig. 1 ; Kirby, (04) 



p. 29. 

 Obelura tamul, Burr, (07^) p. 120. 



Slender and small ; entirely testaceous. Antennae with twelve 

 very slender segments. Head rather broad, smooth, and tumid. 

 Pronotum square, as broad as the head, flat. Elytra trapezoidal, 

 rudimentary, not free ; costal fold sharp, forming a keel ; hinder 

 margin truncate ; axillary angle rounded off, thus exposing a 

 short, transverse, triangular scutellum and rendering the anal 

 margin (along the suture) shorter than the costal margin. Legs 

 slender, not veiy long; tarsi rather short. Abdomen smooth, 

 dirty yellow. Last dorsal segment very narrow, longer than 

 broad, smooth, sloping, simple. Forceps with the branches 

 slender and cylindrical, dirty yellow, contiguous at the base 

 (oMdng to the narrowness of the last dorsal segment), rather 

 compressed and straight in the basal quarter, then very long and 

 slender, gently diverging and arched in to form a long ellipse, 

 which is not complete as the points do not meet ; about the 

 middle, on the inner margin, thei-e are three or four small sharp 

 teeth. $ unknown. 



6 



Length of body 6*75-9 mm. 



„ forceps .... 5-7 „ 



Ceylon : Nuwara Eliya. 

 Type in the author's collection. 



The species cannot be confused with anything except 0. asiatlca, 

 from which it may not really be specifically distinct. 



Genus CORDAX, n. g. 



Opisthocosmia, Dohrn, (65) p. 76 (partim). 



TxPE, Forficida armata, Haan. 



Build slender and graceful. Antennae with 10-12 segments, 

 all long, slender and cylindrical ; fourth a little longer than 

 third, and fifth than the fourth. Head tumid, sutures distinct. 



