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last segment is large, with a lumpy tubercle above the base of the insertion 

 of the branches of the forceps. Feet testaceous. Forceps in the ^ dilated 

 at the base and subcontiguous, then slender, gradually curved in, to meet at 

 the apices ; the dilated part is crenulated. In the 9 the branches are 

 straight and stout, subcontiguous throughout their length, flattened and 

 unarmed. A small pygidium is visible in the 9 when the branches of the 

 forceps are opened outwards. ^ 9 . 



$ 9 



Length of body 10mm. 8-8'5mm. 



„ „ forceps 2'5mm. 2-2-5mm, 



Chelisoches j)ulchella,Grevst, 1883, Beitr. Zur Kennt.; Orth,, Fauna Guineas, 

 p. 42 (p. 4, in reprint). 



Chelisoches pulchellus, Borm, 1900, Forf. 88. 



Habitat. — Common at Abo in the Cameroons in December, and at Ogowe 

 at Limbareni in May and June, in West Africa. In Ceylon, apparently 

 fairly common at Punduloya, in February, and at Ambegammoa (Green). 



This pretty species has hitherto only been known from West Africa, 

 where Buchholz discovered it in some numbers. Mr, Green has sent me several 

 examples taken in bungalows, and one from an empty gall on AnticUsma. 

 Its occurrence at two such widely separated localities is very interesting, 

 and may be compared with Diplatys macrocephala (Beauv), which is found in 

 West Africa and again in Burmah, or with Anisolahis Iceta, which occurs at 

 Zanzibar and also in Burmah. Further collecting may turn these species 

 up in some connecting locality, or they may continue to be a problem in 

 discontinuous distribution. 



Ch. pulchella may be recognised by its dark-brown colour, with four pale 

 spots on the elytra and wings, and also by the form of the forceps of the 

 male which resemble the forceps in shape of the common European Forfi- 

 eula auricularia. 



CARCINOPHORA, Scudd. 



Shining black. Pronotum somewhat narrower than the head ; antennae 

 with 13 segments. Elytra free, well developed, truncated posteriorly, wings 

 absent ; abdomen stout, lateral tubercles very indistinct, barely visible, or 

 entirely absent. Forceps simple, short, conical, slightly curved in at the 



apex. 

 Carcinophora, Scudd., 1876, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xviii., 291. 



Borm. 1900, Forf. 40. 

 This species is practically an Anisolahis with free elytra, or Psalis, without 



wings. 



CARCINOPHORA DOHRNI, Kirb. 



Medium sized, bright shining black, the abdomen more or less reddish 

 The head a little broader than the pronotum, shining black, the eyes paler ; 

 the antennce have at least 13 segments, probably more. (Dubrony suggests 



