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defined ; the lateral angles acntely dentate, the posterior lateral 

 angles of the head and the angle in front of the eye also acutely 

 dentate. Thorax : the pro-mesonotal shield broad, convex, the 

 pro-mesonotal suture obsolete ; the mesonotum narrowing poste- 

 riorly, the meso-nietanotal suture visible but not very distinct ; 

 the basal portion of the metanotum horizontal, transverse, the 

 lateral metanotal spines not curved upwards ; apical portion of 

 metanotum truncate, vertical, transversely coarsely striate ; legs 

 stout and short. Pedicel : the nodes more coarsely granulate and 

 rugose than the thorax, both anteriorly truncate, posteriorly 

 roundeJ, the 1st node somewhat broader than the 2nd ; abdomen 

 broadly oval. 



5 . Similar to the ^ in colour, larger and altogether more 

 coarsely sculptured ; head and thorax very coarsely cribrate, 

 reticulate, with in certain lights the reticulations running into 

 irregular strise ; abdomen opaque but witli a sericeous and, in 

 certain lights, a smooth appearance. Head as in the ^ , but with 

 the ocelli indicated, sometimes nearly obsolete : thorax in shape as 

 in C. latus 5 , but the metanotal sjjines smaller and more slender. 

 Pedicel with the 1st node oval, longer than broad, and distinctly 

 longer than the 2nd node, this latter constricted posteriorly ; 

 abdomen somewhat elongate, oval. 



Length, ^ 4 ; $ 7 mm. 



Hah. Burma (Binr/ham) ; Tenasserim {Hodgson) ; extending in 

 the Malayan subregion to Borneo and Sumatra. 



141. CataulaCUS simoni, Emory, Ann. Soc. Enf. Fr. Ixii (1893), 



p.248, ?. 



" ^ . Intense black, opaque, densely punctured ; the scape of 

 the antennae and the tibiae reddish : the head longitudinally 

 rugosely reticulate ; the sides of the head in front of the eyes and 

 the posterior angles with an acute tooth ; the pronotum in front 

 coarsely reticulate ; I'emainder of the thorax longitudinally rugose, 

 the sides furnished with little spines ; metanotum with thick 

 rugose spines ; the sloping portion of the metanotum somewhat 

 flat, densely punctured; the pedicel coarsely reticulate; the 1st 

 node obliquely truncate in front ; abdomen ovate, finely rugose, 

 for the most part longitudinally reticulate ; the back of the femora 

 with obtuse little teetli ; the whole insect set with squauiiform 

 scattered white hairs. 



"■Length, g 3-3-5 : breadth of head 09 ; breadth of pronotum 

 0*7 mm. 



Hah. "Ceylon: Colombo, Kaudy." (Emerg.) 



This species is unknown to me, but seems very close to C. granu- 

 lutu.'i, Smith. 



142. Cataillacus taprobanae, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, ii (18^,3), 



p. -J-Jo. 



$ . Intense black ; the scape and the basal joint of the flagellum 



