776 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1911. 
of larval form: pro- and A strongly narrowed poste- 
riorly : abdomen more or less parallel-sided: forceps with. 
branches subcontiguous, robust, ey trigonal. 
his genus is very closely related to Allostethus, Verh., 
from which it differs mainly in being totally apterous. 
Range :—Oriental Region. 
Gonolabidura astruci, sp. n. 
Size moderate : build robust : colour blackish brown. 
Antennae brown, with 16-17 segments: third not very 
long, fourth shorter, fifth nearly equal the third, rest a little 
longer, subpyriform, slender at the base. 
tumid, smooth and shining, sutures obsolete, broad 
at the base : eyes s 
reget teacaet. rectangular, smooth, shining, median 
suture indistinct: meso- and metanota larv al, smooth and 
shining. 
Prosternum short, acute basally: mesosternum acute: 
metasternum with lobe ‘short, rectangular, transverse, Pa 
egs brown, paler apically : tarsi long and slender. 
Abdomen shining brown above, broad and dilated, slightly 
narrower at the apex than in the middle: basal segments 
sm 
inane 
i hececcingy typical, not protruding. 
ceps ¢ with the branches remote, apts! ure” at 
the base itself, then attenuate and strongly arcu. sub- 
contiguous, nearly straight, the inner margin pain 
ref 
Long. corporis .. 15 mm. 180 
»,  forcipis ae 2°75 3) 
Souts Inpra : Madura District ; Shembaganur. 
Several specimens. in fungi and under rotten bark (coll. 
mihi a). 
m indebted to Father Astruc for this fine and very dis- 
bactive species 
an Allostethid. It differs from @. piligera from Sumatra, ms 
the shorte r, tr, broader body and more arcuate forceps. - 
