DREPANOGNATHrS. 



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shorter and broader than in I), venator. Posterior face of the meta- 

 notum strongly margined. Y'vcat abdominal segment pyriform 

 elongate as in TJ. venator. No constriction between the basal two 

 segments. A small median carina behind the occiput. Smooth 

 and shining. Metanotum, pedicel and a part of the sides of the 



Fig. 29. —Drrpanognathus saltator, ^ . a. Mandibles. 



mesonotum coarsely rugose. Some fovese or obsolete striae on the 

 rest of the thorax. Pilosity as in D. venator. Reddish brown, 

 the pedicel darker. Abdomen brown. Legs and antennae pale 

 testaceous. AVings hyaline, nervures and stigma very pale." 

 {Forel.) 



Leiif/th, ^ 14-17; $17; d 9'5 mm. 



Hah. Western India, Mysore, Kanara ( Wroughto)i), Tra^ancore 

 (FenjHSOii) ; Ceylon (Green): China? (Smith). 



60. Drepanognathus venator, Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. 82, ^ ; Forel, 

 (Harpegnathus) Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), pp. 63 & 64, 



^ . Black ; mandibles, clypeus, antennal cariute and legs brownish 

 yellow, antennae castaneous, apex of the abdomen ferruginous ; 

 head and thorax closely coarselj^ cribrate punctate ; abdomen 

 finely densely reticulate punctate, opaque, with some large shal- 

 low punctures. Head, thorax and abdomen covered with rather 

 sparse, short, erect pale hairs ; pubescence miuute but fairly 

 plentiful, to be seen only in certain lights. For the rest the 

 characters of the genus. 



2 . Similar to the ^ , but the abdomen with long olilong 

 punctures, the ocelli in the middle of the front. Thorax and 

 abdomen more massive and as in D. saltator. 



6 . '"Mandibles broad at the base, attenuate, narrow and slender 

 towards the apex, which is directed forwards. Head rectangular, 

 somewhat rounded, broader than long. Eyes rather smaller 



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