ELL.VMPrS. 419 



b. Fort' wiiiu with medial and Lst discoidal 



cells complete, outer nerviirei. of latter 



outlined only in lio-lit brown but dis- 

 tinct : apical marj^iu of abdomen 



rounded, entire II()i,OPY(;.\. p. 4i'l . 



B. Claws of tarsi unidentate. 



(I. Apical margin of abdomen rounded, 



entire ; teeth on claws of tlie tarsi 



placed at a right angle to the inner 



margin of claw^ Hedychridicm, p. 424. 



b. Apical margin of abdomen laterally 



angular or subdentate ; teeth on claws 



of tarsi not at right angles, apex 



merely bifid " IIedychrum. p. 427, 



It is possible that two other genera of the EUampina' ma}' 

 occur in India. These are characterized as follows: — 



HoLOPHRYS, Mocsiiry. " Sides of the pronotiim narrowly 

 applied against the anterior margins of the mesopleuivie, its sides 

 as long as these margins ; no posterior lateral angles to the meta- 

 pleurae ; apical margin of 3rd abdominal segment entire '' {du Buys- 

 son). Founded on a species from Sumatra. \ second species has 

 been described by du Buysson from the regions of the Congo in 

 West Africa. 



Philoctetes, du Buysson, " Posterior tibioe (especially in the 

 (S) dilatetl. In the j these are also slightly hollowed. Third 

 abdominal segment very lightly sinuate at apex." {du Bwjsson.) 



Genus ELLAMPUS. 



Elampus, Spin. Lifs. Liy. i (1806), p. 10. 



jSTotozus, Fiirst. Ver/i. nat. Ver. j^reiiss. Rheinl. x (18o3), p. 331. 



Omalus et Elampus, Dahlh. Htjm. Eur. ii (1854), pp. 26 & 38, 



Type, E. mn-atus, Linn., from Europe. 



Eange. Both hemispheres, 



$ (S . Head transverse, as broad as the pronotum or broader ; 

 facial cavity subtriangular, the arcli above narrowing distinctly, 

 moderately deep ; antennae slender, cylindrical. Thorax broad, 

 very convex above : the proiiotiim long or short, often shorter 

 than the mesonotum, transverse ; metanotum and scutellum 

 convex, the former sometimes gibbous anteriorly ; mesopleiiraj 

 convex or flat, the apex beneath more or less rounded : post- 

 scutellum convex, gibbous or with a mucro at base : posterior 

 lateral angles of median segment produced, apex acute or obtuse. 

 Wings : fore wing with medial cell only complete, the 1st sub- 

 medial and sometimes the radial cell almost complete, generally 

 two-thirds of the apical portion of the radial nervure is obliterated, 

 occasionally the 2nd submedial cell is faintly outlined ; nervures 

 and cells of the hind wing obsolete ; legs slender, the posterior 

 tibiae not incrassate ; the claws of the tarsi multidentate. Abdo- 

 men very convex above, the base transverse, the apical margin 

 rounded at the sides, truncate and incised in the middle. 



Onlv two species have sc far been recorded from India, 



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