196 FORFICULTD.IE. 



sides of the seventli, eighth, aud ninth segments convex in c? and 

 strongly punctuhite. Last dorsal segment transverse, rectangular, 

 narrower than the abdomen, tumid, depressed in the middle, tuinid 

 over the roots of the forceps, hinder border straight. Pygidium 

 very short, transverse, obtuse, Forceps with branches remote 

 at base, rather stout, cylindrical, nearly straight, elongate, gently 

 arched inwards towards the apex ; on the upper surface in the 

 basal third there is a strong conical tootli directed upwards and 

 on the inner margin, about two-thirds from the base, there is a 

 smaller sharp tooth. $ unknown. 



6 

 Length of body ...... 12 -14 mm. 



,, forceps. ..... 4-5-7 ,, 



Assam : Khasi Hills (Tad. 2Ius., coll. Burr). 



Also occurs in Tonkin (coll. Burr). 



Type in the author's collection. 



Eecognizable by the red-black colour, with red-orange wings, 

 sturdy build, and the form of the forceps. 



The only closely allied species is 2\ komaroivi, Sem., from 

 Korea. T. biciispis, from Java, is easily distinguished by the 

 uniform black colour and the presence of a pair of long spiny 

 processes on the last dorsal segment of the male. 



12G. Timomenus assculapms, Barr.* (Fig. 70.) 



Opisthocosmia iBsculapius, Burr, (05^) p. 236. 

 Eparchus sesculapius, Burr, (07^) p. 121. 



Of medium size, graceful build, and reddish-brown colour. 



Antennae with 12 segments, red-brown ; basal segment very thick, 



clubbed ; the rest slender and cylindrical ; fourth segment slightly 



shorter than third, fifth equal to the third. Head smooth and 



tumid, sutures obsolete. Prouotum about as broad as the head 



and about as broad as long or a very little broader ; anterior 



margin straight, somewhat convex at the middle, angles roundt^d ; 



hinder margin somewhat narrower than anterior and rounded ; 



prozona tuinid, with a well-marked suture ; metazona depressed. 



Elytra ample, smooth, broad, dull. Wings long and smooth. 



Legs rather short ; femora thick, especially the anterior pair ; tarsi 



with first segment rather broad, no longer than the third, which 



is very slender; second strongly dilated. Abdomen typical, smooth ; 



sides "of segments six to nine produced into small, depressed, 



recurved, hooked tubercles. Last dorsal segment subquadrate, 



smooth, ample, strongly sloping, slightly narrowed ; posterior 



margin truncate. Pygidium short, obtuse, truncate. Forceps 



with the branches subcontiguous at the base, rather slender, 



rounded but somewhat depressed in the basal third which is 



crenulate along inner margin ; seen from the side, the branches 



are undulating in the basal third, at the end of which on the upper 



surface there is a strong, sharp, compressed vertical ti-iangular 



