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femora, two ampliations to posterior femora, two annulations to 

 all the tibiae, tarsi, apices of coxae arid the trochanters ochraceous ; 

 head with the anterior lobe about twice as long as the posterior 

 lobe, granulose, transversely impressed between the eyes, a short 

 line spine at base of antenniferous tubercles ; first joint of 

 antennae outwardly curved, shorter than head, second joint twice 

 as long as first and distinctly pilose ; first joint of rostrum reach- 

 ing eyes ; pronoturn granulose, with two more or less distinct 

 central longitudinal levigate lines, the anterior angles shortly 

 tuberculously prominent, the lateral margins of the prosternum 

 visible on each side of the lateral margins of the anterior pronotal 

 lobe, anterior lobe a little longer than posterior lobe ; prosternum 

 with two strong anterior spines ; anterior femora strongly in- 

 crassate with a single row of small spines beneath; anterior tibiae 

 a little curved, about as long as the femora. 



Length 12 millirn. 



JJab. Travancore ; Tenmalai, W. Ghats (A niiandale). 



I have only seen a single specimen of this very distinct species. 



Genus BARDESANES. 

 Bardesanes, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. liii, p. 363 (1909). 



Type, B. signatus, Dist. 



Distribution. Burma. 



Head with the anteocular portion much longer than the post- 

 ocular, with two horizontally depressed spines before the base of 

 antennae, the anteocular portion flat, the postocular somewhat 

 convexly gibbous, transversely impressed between the eyes, imme- 

 diately behind this impression are the ocelli, prominent and nearer 

 to eyes than to each other ; antennae pilose, first joint about as 

 long as pronotum and subequal in length to the second joint ; 

 rostrum reaching the anterior coxae, first joint extending to the 

 anterior margins of the eyes and a little shorter than the second 

 joint ; prouotum about as long as broad, concavely sinuately 

 narrowed anteriorly where it is slightly wider than the base of 

 head, the anterior lateral angles subpromineut, the posterior 

 angles distinctly shortly spinously prominent, the posterior 

 margin subconvex, straightened before base of scutellum, the 

 anterior margin truncate, moderately transversely depressed a 

 little before middle ; scutellum somewhat triangular, the apical 

 spine moderately curved upwards ; coriuin slender, not covering 

 connexivum, its greatest length equal to the corresponding length 

 of membrane which is large and broad, a large areole occupying 

 the inner apical area of corium and reaching the membrane ; eyes 

 very large and almost meeting beneath the head ; prosternum 

 centrally longitudinally sulcate and posteriorly centrally triangu- 

 larly dilated between the anterior coxae ; abdomen beneath with a 

 fine central longitudinal carinate line ; legs slender, anterior 

 femora not thickened, anterior and intermediate femora about 



