i8 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi.. XIX, 1920.] 



is practically identical with that of the male of Alluaudella hima- 

 layensis, which was described ' from a single specimen collected at 

 Kurseong, 4,700 ft., in the same district by Dr. Annandale in 

 June 1910. 



The total length is 2*5 mm., but the abdomen has evidently 

 shrunk greatly in drying, as it does not now extend much beyond 

 the ends of the hind coxae. 



The general colour is dull yellowish, distinctly paler than that 

 of the browner male. The head is scarcely exposed by the 

 pronotum and appears larger than in the male on account of the 

 much smaller and rather narrow eyes. There are no ocelli. The 

 large basal joint of each antenna is succeeded, as in the male, by 

 two joints each about twice as long as broad ; these are succeeded 

 by a number of joints which are broader than long. Distally the 

 joints become gradually longer and thinner, those of at least two 

 thirds of the antenna being fully twice as long as broad. ** 



The pronotum is somewhat more rounded than in the male 

 and is not pubescent, though there are a few spiny hairs on the 

 margin. 



The tegmina are short, probably too short to cover the 

 abdomen in fresh specimens. Their venation is identical with that 

 of the male. A comparison of the two tegmina shows that the 

 venation varies slightly as in the male. The wings are very much 

 reduced, but show indications of similar venation. The styles are 

 much stouter than in the male. 



1 Rec. Ind. Mus. V, pp. 309-311, pi. xx (1910). 



2 The antennae of the male resemble those of the female. They are about 

 as long as the wings, not shorter as shown in the figuie (Rec. hid. Mus. V, 1910, 

 pi. XX, fig. 5 A). Their second joint is as long as the third, not shorter as shown 

 {loc. cit. fig. 5 B). The antennae of Cardax as shown on the same plate are also 

 too short. 



