The Dcrmatoptcra. 311 



brunneum, nitidum, tuberculis lateralibus valde distinctis ; seg- 

 mentis 8 and 9 attenuatis ; segmentum ultimum dorsale attenuatuii), 

 margine postico subrecto, supra insertionem forcipis obtuse bi- 

 tuberculato, angulis externis acuto-productis. Pygidium baud 

 perspicuum. Forcipis bracchia basi remota, nigra, subrecta, 

 gracilia, elongata, horizontalia, nee sursuni nee deorsum eurvata, 

 apicem versus incurva, apicibus ipsis valde decussatis, margine 

 interne medio paullo deplanata et dilatata, dente forte acute 

 armata. ^. 9 iguota. 



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 Long, corporis . . . ll-12ni.m. 

 „ forcipis . . . 5 5-6 „ 



Hob. India borealis, Dardjiling {Harmand, 2854- 

 90), and Bhoutan, Maria-Basti (Coll. Mgr. Durell, B. 

 OberfJmr, 1898. 2 }$. Mus. Paris). 



This is not closely allied to any known species ; it falls 

 nearest, perhaps, to 0. ncvilli, Borm. Its distinguishing 

 points are the coloration, the horizontal forceps, with no 

 upper teeth, and only one tooth on the inner margin. 



Opisthocosmia annandalei, sp. a. 



Statura majore. Caput rubrum ; antennie 11-segmentata?, fuscfe, 

 Sbgmente 9 albido ; pronotum quadratum, postice rotundatum, 

 nitidum, nigro-badium, marginibus hiteis ; elytra badia, apice 

 emarginata ; aLe prominentes, citrinse, margine interne atro- 

 raarginatse, apice macula atra ornata ; pedes citrini, genubus atris ; 

 abdomen cylindrieum, punctulatum, badium, inerme ; segmentum 

 ultimum dorsale angustum, quadratum, margine postico utrinque 

 tuberculatum ; pygidium breve, bilobum, lobis obtusis ; forcipis 

 bracchia ,$ gracilia, basi remota subsinuata, nigra, mucronibus 

 valde decussatis, medio supra dente valido conico armata. ^ . $ 

 ignota. 



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Long, corporis ... 13 mm. 



„ forcipis . . . 7"75 „ 



Head clear reddisli-brown, shining, sutures indistinct, eyes small, 

 black ; antennfe with 11 segments, dark brown, except the 9th 

 which is white. Palpi testaceous, darker at the apex. Pronotum 

 almost as bread as the head, straight on the anterior border, the 

 posterior border rounded ; shining blackish -brown, the margins 

 clear transparent luteous. Elytra considerably broader than the 

 pronotum at the shoulders, smooth, dull brown, short, the posterior 

 margins sinuate. Wings prominent, clear yellow, with the inner 



