816 lOKMICIDyi:. 



354. Acautholepis frauenfeldi, Mayr (Hypoclinea), Verh. zool.-lot. 



Ver. Wien, v (1855), p. 378, $ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 viii (1894), pp. 411, 413, . 



. Head, thorax, legs and node of the pedicel brownish yellow ; 

 abdomen very dark brown ; the head, except the mandibles and 

 antennae, of a darker shade than the thorax. Pilosity and pubes- 

 cence almost entirely absent; head, thorax and abdomen smooth 

 and shining, the last highly polished. Head viewed from the 

 front distinctly longer than broad, rounded above; mandibles 

 somewhat narrow, curved, with the apical tooth long and acute : 

 clypeus strongly convex, proportionately rather large, with a faint 

 transverse subapical furrow parallel to its anterior margin, the 

 suture between its posterior margin and the frontal area distinct : 

 eyes lateral, situated about the middle of the head. Thorax : the 

 pronotum from above appears almost circular, the mesonotum 

 strongly constricted in front forming a cylindrical neck, widening 

 posteriorly ; the metanotal teeth thick and broad at base, obtuse : 

 the meso-metanotal suture above deep and distinct. Node of the 

 pedicel seen from the back pentagonal, the upper border slightlv 

 emarginate, with a not very distinct obtuse tooth at its lateral 

 angles ; abdomen oval, somewhat massive. 



$ . Head very small in proportion to the very massive thorax 

 and abdomen ; head, thorax and abdomen of a rich brown colour, 

 covered with a dense silky golden pubescence, with a few 

 obliquely erect scattered hairs on the abdomen. For the rest the 

 characters of the genus. 



Length, % 2-5-3; $ 5mm. 



Hub. Within our limits spread irregularly in one form or another 

 through Continental India, confined chiefly to the bills but procured 

 by Mr. Eothney at Barrackpore. Not recorded from Burma or 

 Ceylon. It extends to Southern Europe and Northern Africa. 



This is a variable species. Var. A. Upartita, Smith, is the 

 common Indian form. It differs from the type in averaging 

 slightly larger (2-8-3-3 mm.), in being more robust and somewhat 

 darker in colour ; the upper border of the node of the pedicel is 

 more deeply emarginate. 



Var. Integra, Forel, has the node of the pedicel unarmed, and is 

 nearly black with a few brownish marks on the mandibles, antenna', 

 thorax and legs. 



Var. sericea, Forel, is much larger (3-3-6 mm.) ; it is finely and 

 evenly sculptured and has a fairly dense silky pubescence. 



355. Acantholepis capensis, Mayr, Verli. zool.-bot. Ocs. Wien, xii 



(1862), p. 699, $5; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii (1894), 

 pp. 412, 414, $ ; ix (1895), p. 458. 



. Black and shining, the mandibles, antennae and legs 

 brownish yellow. Head, thorax and abdomen, particularly the 

 last, with abundant yello\\ish erect hairs. Head in front strongly 

 convex ; mandibles rather small, when closed nearly hidden under 



