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lato ; pedes fiilvi ; abdomon c? scgraentis lateribus 6-9 cariiiu- 

 latis, acurainatis ac rugulosis ; segment urn penultimum veutrale 

 6 rotundatum; forcipis bracchia S subremota, triquetra, 

 irregulariter arcuata et asymmetrica. 



Long, corporis 18-20 mm. 



„ forcipis 3 „ 



Antennae red-hrown, with 18 segments, the three basal 

 segments yellow ami some paler before the apex ; third 

 cylindrical and elongate, fourth half, the fifth nearly as long 

 as third, all subcylindrical. Head deep red or reddisii 

 black, smooth and tumid, the suture taint ; the middle of 

 the occipital region occupied from the base of the head to 

 the transverse suture by a deep, regular, longitudinal cavity. 

 Pronotum subrcctangular, slightly concealed by the rudi- 

 mentary elytra, Avhich meet for the greater part of the 

 sutural length, exposing only a very short scutellum, which 

 is almost as broad as the mesonotuni. Metanotnm larval. 

 Prosternum elongate and parallel-sided, constricted before 

 the base ; mesonotum rounded and metanotura truncate 

 posteriorly; all sternum yellow. Legs orange- yellow ; 

 tarsi long, the first and third segments about equal, the 

 second minute. Abdomen black, very finely punctulate; 

 sides of sixth to ninth segments in the S acuminate, finely 

 keeled, and rugulose. Last dorsal segment ($ ample, 

 smooth, transverse, with a mediau sulculus, truncate poste- 

 riorly, with a rugulose keel down each side; penultimate 

 ventral segment ^ rounded. Forceps with the branches c? 

 not contiguous, trigonal, and tapering, rather elongate and 

 irregularly arcuate, asvmmetrical. 



S. India : Auamalai Mountains, 4000-4200 ft., 22-23 

 January, 1912, under dead logs, 2 ^ {T. B. Fletcher). 

 Type in c. m. 



I am indebted to Mr. T. Bainbridge-Fletcher for this 

 peculiar species ; it is chiefly remarkable for the curious 

 cavity in the top of the head; at Hrst I took this to be a 

 pathological feature, but it is identical in both the male 

 specimens available; under the lens it has every appearance 

 of being structural. It would be most interesting to investi- 

 gate its functions ; possibly it is a scent-gland. 



In all other respects it appears to be a typical Euborellia ; 

 the structure of the elytra is as in E. greeni, but the forceps 

 are quite distinctive. It most nearly approaches the large 

 black variety of E. greeni recorded by me from Ceylon, 

 which is very probably a good species. 



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