202 rOKFICULID^. 



Leugth of body 9-7 mm. 



,, forceps 6 „ 



Stkkim : Dai-jiling (Paris Mus.). 

 Type in the Paris Museum. 



The type is unique, but other specimens ought to be found and 

 recognized without mucli difficulty. 



131. Kosmetor brahma, Burr* 



Opisthocosniia brahma, Burr, (04) p. 310, (08'') p. 117. 

 Kosmetor brahma, Burr, (07 'j p. 123, pi. iv, fig. 12. 



Blackish brown ; head and legs yellow ; slender. Antenna) 

 with 12 segments, fourth as long as third ; brown, with two pale 

 segments before the apex. Head smooth, depressed, sutures 

 indistinct, yellowish brown. Pronotum about as wide as the head 

 and about as long as wide ; anterior border truncate, sides parallel, 

 posterior border rounded; prozona tumid; metazona depressed, 

 brownish black, the sides reflexed and clear testaceous. Elytra 

 smooth, parallel-sided, long, black. Wings long, smooth and black, 

 with a small yellowish spot at the apex of the suture. Legs 

 rather short, slender, yellowish. Abdomen punctulate, deep 

 blackish chestnut, gently dilated before the apex. Last dorsal 

 segment of S transverse, almost rectangular ; posterior margin 

 straight; the corners distinctly rectangular, with a pair of low 

 tumid elevations over the roots of the forceps. Pygidium forming 

 a short stumpy tubercle. Forceps with the branches remote at the 

 base, cylindrical, elongate and nearly straight, very gently sinuate, 

 incurved at the apex, armed at the middle of the inner margin 

 with a flattened, strong, sharp tooth directed posteriorly. $ 

 unknown. 



6 



Length of body 11-12 mm. 



„ forceps .... 5-5-6 „ 



SiKKiM : Darjihng {Paris Mus.) ; Bhutan : Maria Basti 

 (Paris Mks.). 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



The straight slender forceps with a strong sharp tooth in 

 the middle are very characteristic, and the species is easy to 

 recognize. 



132. Kosmetor vishnu. Burr* (Fig. 74.) 



Apterygida vishnu, Burr, (04) p. 319, (08') p. 119. 

 Kosmetor vishnu, Burr., (07') p. 123. 



Slender, dull chestnut -brown. Antennae black, with 10 seg- 

 ments ; fourth a little shorter than third ; fifth equal to third. 

 Head smooth, brown or blackish, sutures indistinct. Pronotum 



