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ALLOCOTOMA gen. nov. 



Ungues appendiculati. Antennarum articulo primo valido pyri- 

 formi, apice oblique truncato ; secundo pafoo perhrevi distorto; 

 tertio trapeziformi ad hasim latiori, compressa. Maris segmentum 

 quintum valde excisum, medio elevatum, sextum calyciforme, per 

 pygidialem circumclusum. 



It is well known that araong the Telephoridae, are some gênera 

 with very extraordinary antennae e. g. Pachymesia Westw., Lobe- 

 tus Kiesen. (Z. mirabilis QovYi. ), DysmorpJiocerus Solier,and in the 

 présent genus the second and third joints of the antennae are very 

 singular and excentric so that the second is thrown eut of line obli- 

 quely to the first, their articulation net being in the axis of the 

 joints. 



The abdominal segments in the single maie example, arecuriously 

 formed, but not very difFerently to some other gênera as Silis^ and 

 owing to the soft condition of thèse parts, they are not easily des- 

 cribed in dried examples in which some shrivelling always takes 

 place. There appears however to be an opening between the fifth 

 and sixth segments, the cup-like valve which terminâtes the abdo- 

 men may be part of the dorsal segments. 



76. Allocotoma torticornis n. sp. — Fuscus, ore./emoribus, 

 coxis, peciore, prothoraceque testaceis; hoc transverso ^ marginibi- 

 bus modice reflexis, margine integro. 



Mas, antennarum articulo secundo perbrevi, excentrico ; tertio 

 hasi latiore, compressa, subir apeziformi. 



Hab. India., Belgaum (Andrewes, September). 



Head fuscous except the mouth and underside, rather wide, eyes 

 very prominent, maxillary palpi rather long with their apical joint 

 cultriform and yellow, antennaB fuscous, the fourth to apical joints 

 equal to each other, and as long as the basai joint. Thorax and 

 scutellum yellow. The elytra are evenly fuscous, a little pubescent 

 very finely punctured, scarcely coriaceous. Legs fuscous except 

 at the bases, the tarsi nearly as long as the tibiae, the fourth joint 

 bilobed, the claw-joint short and yellow, the claws appendiculate. 



Two examples only. 



I hâve removed the génital (seventh) segment from a second 

 example, it is short, almost globular, excavated at the apex and 

 fuscous in colour, with two claw-like hooks bending downwards. 

 towards the dorsal portion which is divided into two short lobes, 

 and thèse claws and the interior are yellow. 



