XYROPHOREU8. AXOPLOCXEMIS. 153 



narrowed end piece of tibiae unarmed ; third ventral abdominal 

 segment in middle not bent backwards in a laminate process, 

 but together with the apical margin of the fourth segment a 

 little transversely raised, these short transverse ridges ending 

 outside with short, transverse tubercles ; the sixth abdominal 

 segment in middle near hind margin with a short conical 

 tubercle, the apical angles of the seventh abdominal segment not 

 produced ; otherwise as in Jlictis. 



3723. Xyrophoreus tonsor, Bredd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Eelg. liii, p. 283 



(1909). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum and corium castaneous-brown, head 

 darkly pubescent, membrane fuscous-brown; body beneath and 

 legs reddish-brown, posterior tibiae darker in hue ; antennas with 

 the first, second and third joints castaneous-brown, the apices of 

 the second and third joints black, fourth joint blackish-brown but 

 less than basal half greyish, with pale testaceous mottlings ; pro- 

 notum, scutellura and corium thickly, finely punctate and 

 rugulose ; abdomen above black, ornamented on each side with a 

 submarginal, segmental series of large spots almost fasciately 

 connected, either testaceous, ochraceous, or pale bright green in 

 colour ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis ; in the $ 

 the posterior tibiae are without a subapicul tooth. 



Length 22-24 ; breadth between pronotal angles 7|-8 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon (7. C. F. Fryer} ; Kandy (E. E. Green) ; Kanlhaley 

 {Dr. \V. Horn, fide Breddin). 



I have scarcely a doubt that I have correctly identified 

 Breddin's species. The colour markings of the upper surface of 

 the abdomen are described by Breddin as a beautiful bright green, 

 the sides of the dorsal segments, with the connexivum and the 

 median band of spots on the back, pitchy-black. I prefer to 

 describe the ground-colour as black, and the spots as either 

 testaceous, ochraceous, or pale bright green. 



Genus ANOPLOCNEMIS. (Vol. I, p. 346.) 



ANOPLOCNEMIS PHASIANA. (Vol. I, p. 346.) 



Anoplocnemis castanea, Bredd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belt/, liii, p. 284 



(1909). 



I included the Mictis castanea, Dall., as a synonym of A. pliaaiana 

 Fabr. (supra), and Breddin has since (suj)ra) treated it as a 

 distinct species. This, however, is quite erroneous. The three 

 species now known in the Indian fauna can be readily separated, 

 apart from structural characters, by the colour and markings of 

 the upper surface of the abdomen. 



3724. Anoplocnemis biuotata, sp. n. 



$ . Head, pronotum and scutellum black, punctate and finely 

 rugulose ; corium brownish-ochraceous, membrane a little darker 



