166 roRMiciD.i:. 



the iiiesoiiotuui set with large elongate punctures. Scutellum 

 shining. Metanotum transversely striate, with two short acute 

 apical spines. Tht^ 1st node shortly petiolate in front, . . . 2nd 

 node a httle hroader than long. Ahdomen shining, plainly but 

 not very thickly punctured. Femora rather thickened. The 

 shining abdomen pilose. Front wiug . . . with one discoidal and 

 one cubital cell." {lioqer.) 



Lcnr/tJt. 1/ 4; ^ 1-s"; $ 11-12 ram. 



Ilab. Ceylon. 



l(>r». Pliidologiton lamellifrons, Forel, llev. .S'«/&v Zoo/, x (r.)02), 



'• 2- Mandibles smootli. armed with 6 teeth, sparsely punc- 

 tured. Clypeus not emargiuate anteriorly, obtusely bieannate, 

 the carina) widely divergent. Head rectangular, about one-ht'th 

 longer than wide. Each occipital angle forms a transverse 

 rounded ridge, which is continued a little on to tlie sides and 

 toAvards the middle, where it separates the vertex from the 

 occiput, but becomes obsolete behind the ocelli. The frontal 

 carina} parallel, very long, wide apart, dilated in front into rounded 

 reddish translucid lamella\ which cover the articulation of the 

 antennae, as iu many of tlie Cryptocen, without being so lateral, 

 but they are more raised and prominent. kScape clavate, short, 

 scarcely extending beyond the middle of the head. Autennae 

 11-jointed, the club of two joints. Thorax as broad as the head. 

 Metanotum subcubical, armed with two dentiform tubercles, its 

 two portions subequal, the vertical portion declivous. First node 

 subsquamiform, emargiuate above, with a broad petiole ; second 

 node rectangular, transverse. Head longitudinally striate, except 

 the occiput posteriorly and the clypeus, w hich are smooth like 

 the rest of the body. Metanotum reticulate. Erect pilosity 

 yellowish, unequal, abundant on the body, very oblique on the 

 tibiae and scape. Pubescence very thin. Of a brownish-black ; 

 abdomen, legs, antennae, mandibles and frontal carimc of a 

 reddish or brownish yellow. Wings pubescent, clouded with 

 brownish." (Forel.) 



Leufjth, 2 4'5-4*6 mm. 



Ilab. Eecorded so far from Eelgaum only (WrovgJiion). Un- 

 known to me. 



Genus MERANOPLUS. 



Crvptocerus, Guer. (iiec Latr.) Cur. Icovor/r. licyiw A/u'»i., Lis. iii 



(1838), p. 424. 

 Meranoplus, Smith, Trans. Eid. Soc. ser. 2, ii (lt54), p. 224. 



Type, 31. hicolor, Guer., from India. 



liciiKje. Indo-Malayan, Australian and Ethiopian regions. 

 ^ . Head trapezoidal, broader posteriorly than in front, the 

 front of the head from the posterior margin of the clypeus bent 

 do\\ nwards, subtruncate ; sides of the head slightly compressed, 



