48 RUTELIN^E. 



not, or only feebly, spmose at the outer edge ; tarsi short, with 

 the outer, middle and hind claws deeply bifid. 



d . Body shorter than that of the female. Mandibles pro- 

 duced in the horizontal plane and strongly curved, the tips 

 approximating and generally turned slightly upwards. Clypeus 

 deflexed between the mandibles, and the labrum more or less 

 uncovered. Pronotum shorter than in the female. First four 

 ventral segments greatly contracted, the last two moderately 

 long. Pygidium incurved and completely covered by the elytra. 

 Pirst four joints of the front tarsus very short and broad, the 

 fourth with an internal lobe ; claw-joint very large and strongly 

 curved, the inner claw large and entire. 



5 . Longer in shape. Clypeus more triangular. Elytra 

 thickened near the middle of the outer margins. Pygidium 

 prominent, not covered by the elytra. Inner front claw bifid or 

 toothed. 



The second Indian representative of this genus differs in many 

 important particulars from the typical species, and it may be 

 necessary eventually to separate it generically, but this point can 

 only be decided when the discovery of more specimens has made 

 it more adequately known. 



Key to the Species. 



Light-coloured ; hind legs slender dohertyi, Ohaus. 



Dark-coloured ; hind legs short and thick birmanica, Arrow* 



20. Fruhstorferia dohertyi. 



Fruhstorfena sexmaculata, Kraatz, var. doliertyi, Ohaus, Deutsche 

 Ent. Zeits. 1905, p. 98; Pouillaude, Insecta, 1915, p. 15. 



Pale greenish yellow, with the mandibles, tarsi, abdomen, the 

 extreme margins of the clypeus, prothorax (in front and behind) r 

 and scutellum, and a small spot upon the apical callus of each 

 elytron, mahogany-red. 



It is rather elongate in shape and not 

 very convex, and the lower surface is 

 clothed, not very thickly, with short, pale 

 yellow hair. The head is not large, and 

 the clypeus is produced as a narrow 

 rounded lobe between the mandibles. 

 The forehead is shining, very scantily 

 punctured, and has a vague triangular 

 depression in the middle. The ante-ocular 

 lobes are slightly prominent and bluntly 

 pointed. The pronotum is rather sparingly 

 but evenly punctured, its sides are very 

 Fig. U.-Fr U hstorferia "trongly pinnated, the front angles 

 dohertyi, . slightly and the hind angles very strongly 



acute, and the base broad and feebly 



rounded in the middle. The scutellum is small and very finely 

 punctured. The elytra are shining, irregularly and moderately 



