acaktii()m:i'is. 317 



the large convex clypeus. Thorax as in A. fnmenfddi, but not 

 so strongly constricted at the niesonotum, with the large lateral 

 ■obtuse tubercles or teeth on the metanotum proportionately larger, 

 the metanotum itself finely sculptured. Node of the pedicel 

 with rhe upper border strongly einarginate and bidentate; abdomen 

 oval, broad, anteriorly rapidly narro\\'ing towards the apex. 



5 . Brown, with a more or l(>ss dense golden-yellow pubescence. 

 Except that it is slightly larger and the node of the pedicel above 

 is more deeply einarginate, it is scarcely distinguishable from 

 -■1. frauenfeldi 2 • 



(S . Brown, smooth and sliiniug, apparently without pilosity or 

 pubescence; mouth-parts, antennic and legs pale whity-brown. 

 For the rest the characters of the genus. 



LenrjtJi, ^ 2-3-3-3 ; $ 5-3 : (^ 2 mm. 



Hab. The Himalayas to 50U0 ft. {Smythies 4'- Moller) ; Central 

 India {Schurr) ; Pooiaa ( Wronj/hton) ; Ceylon (/Simon). Extending 

 to Aden and North-eastern Africa. 



')oQ. Acantholepis modesta, Forel. Jour. JJomO. A. IL Soc. viii (181)4), 

 p. 412, ^ . 



" ^ . Resembles A. capensls, but is more slenderly built ; meso- 

 notum more constricted. Head narrow, oval, much longer than 

 broad. Eyes placed laterally in the middle. Metanotum with two 

 strong obtuse teeth. Node of the pedicel thick, bispinous, with 

 angles laterally below the spines. Pilosity of the body longei-, 

 more abundant, very fine and A'ery acute. Thorax and node of 

 the pedicel of a reddish yellow, with brown markings on the back. 

 It is perhaps a race of A. caj>eusis. 



"Length, ^ 2*3 mm. 



'' Hab. Mussoorie." {Forel.) 



Unknown to me, but apparently very well distinguished by thf 

 elongate head. In all the other Indian species the head without, 

 the mandibles is neai'ly as broad as long. 



^357. Acantholepis simplex, Forel, Ann. Soc. Ent. 2ief(/e, xxx\i (1892), 

 p. 48, <^ ; Jour. Bomb. A. IL Soc. viii (1892), p. 412, ^ . 



$ . Closely allied to and resembling A. c(q>ensis, Mayr. but 

 smaller and entirely without pilosity or pubescence. Black, the 

 mandibles, antenmc, and the tibite and tarsi of the legs brownish 

 white. Head short, shortei" proportionately than in A. cupensif; 

 and not so I'ounded above, transverse ; mandibles proportionately 

 large, acutely dentate ; clypeus \evy convex : antennae short, the 

 scape extending only a little beyond the top of the head. Thorax 

 narrower and more consti'icted than in A. aqwnsis, the metanotum 

 enlarged posteriorly, with proportionately much smaller lateral 

 obtuse teeth or tubercles. Node of the pedicel only sliglitly 

 <3marginate above, the lateral angles of the margin above not spnious 

 or dentate ; abdomen as in A. capen^ifs. 



Lenrjth.^ ^ 2 mm. 



