THATJMATURGUS. 



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ciiinanioii-brouii ; a])ices of femora aud about apical thirds of 

 tibiae and the tarsi pale stramineous, apices of tarsi black (pos- 

 terior tarsi mutilated) ; antennae pale ochraeeous, third joint, 



Fig. 141. — Zcvatiis rcjM?idufi. 



excluding base, black ; body beneath imperfectly seen in carded 

 specimens. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hub. Nilgiri Hills ; Barwood Estate (//. Leslie Andrewes). 



Genus THAUMATURGUS. 



Thaumaturgus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iv, p. 518 (1909). 



Type, T. typiciis, Dist. 



Distribution. India aud Ceylon. 



Head strongly, almost perpendicularly deflected, subtriaugular, 

 the lateral margins a little sinuate, the apex obtusely augulate ; 

 eyes moderately projecting beyond aud slightly behind the anterior 

 margins of the pronotum ; antennae with the first joint con- 

 siderably shorter than head, second joint about three times as long 

 as first, its apical area distinctly thickened, thii'd and fourth joints 

 subequal in length aud together shorter than second ; rostrum not 

 quite reaching the intermediate coxtc ; pronotum subquadrate, 

 broader than long, the lateral margins moderately oblique, the 

 anterior margin about one- fourth narrower than the posterior 

 margin ; seutellum subtriaugular, centrally, longitudinally, ir- 

 regularly gibbous ; corium thickl}-, shortly pilose, with cuneus a 

 little longer than the posterior tibia3, the lateral margins coucavely 

 sinuate, distinctly broadened at apex ; cuneus short and broad ; 

 membrane passing the abdominal apex ; legs somewhat long and 

 slender, the femora moderately thickened, the posterior tibia) 

 straight. 



Allied to Pilophorus, Hahn. 



