Mr. F. A. BailKi- on PholiJocidiuis anceps. 271 



apicali, metatarsisque intormefliis posticisciuc, apice excepto, albo- 

 flavidis ; alia Iiyalniis, veiiis t'uscis ; niesouuto antice trausverde 

 striato, postioe puiictato. 

 Long. 11 mm. 



? . Clypeus with a nudian carina, bluntly pointed at the 

 apex, and clothed with close silver pubescence; mandibles 

 tridentate, the niidtlle tooth much longer than either the 

 upper or loAvor. Eyes separated at the base of the clypeus 

 l)y a distance equal to about one-third of the length of the 

 scape, the facets in front very large. Head rather broader 

 than the thorax, shining, minutely punctured, more closely 

 on the front than on the vertex. Ocelli in a broad triangle ; 

 the posterior pair much fuither from each other than from 

 the anterior one, a little further from the eyes than from each 

 other, and at least half as far again trom tiie hind margin of 

 the head as from each other. Pronotum transverse, almost 

 smooth ; mesonotum closely transversely striated on the ante- 

 rior half ; the posterior half finely punctured, with oblique 

 strise on the sides. Scutellum and pleurae finely punctured ; 

 basal area of the median segment longitudinally striated. 

 Abdomen shining, minutely punctured, i)ygidial area long 

 and narrow. First and second abscis.-^SB of the radius sub- 

 equal ; recurrent nervure received shortly before the apex of 

 the cubital cell. 



JIub. Kandy, Ceylon, September 1918 {0. S. Wtckivar) ; 



1 ?^. ^ 



Tiiis belongs to the group of C.fossorius, L., and C. ckri/- 

 sites, Kohl, but is very distinct in the beautiful steel-blue 

 colour, the less robust form, and the reduced size and pale 

 colour of the markings. The sculpture of the mesonotum is 

 similar to that of C. chrysites, but is stronger than in that 

 species. Superficially this species resembles Gorytes cceru- 

 lescens, Turn., the colouring in both species being unique in 

 the genus. 



XXXV. — Pholidocidaris anceps : a Correction. 

 By F. A. BATiiEit, F.R.S. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In attempting to interpret the structure of Austin's holotype 

 of Protoechinus (Jan. 1918, Ann. & I\Iag. Nat. Hist, ser. 0, 

 vol. i. p. 40) I fell into the very mistake that I was trying to 



