780 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1911. 
Head black, mouth parts orange, sutures indistinct, 
smooth. 
Pronotum rectangular, a trifle longer than broad, black, 
the sides slightly reflexed, and narrowly bordered with orange; 
smooth. 
ten ample for the genus, almost covering the meso- 
notum. 
Legs orange. 
Abdomen punctulate, moderately dilated about the middle, 
deep reddish black : sides of segments 4—9 in the ¢ acute, 
rugulose and carinu slats. 
t dorsal segment ¢ rectangular, with a ~~ sulcus, 
truncate posteriorly : in the 9 similar, but narro 
enultimate ventral segment ¢ rounded, phe smooth : 
near the apex, in the middle, there is.a pair of diverging tufts 
of long, stiff, yellow bristles. 
Forceps inthe ¢ with the branches remote, trigonal in 
the basal half, asymmetrical, the left branch feebly, right 
branch strongly arcuate: in the 9 simple, trigonal, sub- 
contiguous, gently arcuate 
fe Q 
Long. corporis s. Af pm. 12°5 mm. 
,,  forcipis FONE es 2 
S. Inp1a : Ootacamund, under stone, ¢ and @, 12th 
August, 1910. (E. E. Green, coll. mihi). Nilghiri, Coonoor 
(Mus. Paris, Type). 
This species closely resembles 2. greeni, Burr, but differs — 
in the smoother head and pronotum, rather more strongly 
punctulate ary but especially in the larger elytra, whi 
only expose a very small portion of the mesonotum : also in 
the acute and Sacked sides of the abdomen inthe male, and 
asymmetrical force 
characteristic is the peculiar pair of diverging tufts 
of ae ‘iene bristles near the apex of the penultimate ventral 
gm 
p. 92. 
Forcipula decolyi, Borm. 
Sikkim : Gangtok, Sept. 9th, 1909 (coll. mihi). 
p. 108. 
Ctenisolabis bifoveolata, Bol. 
Father Astruc has sent me several specimens of this spe- 
cies, ee was hitherto known only from Bolivar’s unique — 
were found at Shembaganur, in the Madura dis- 
trict in Soxcithiven: India. It was f . 
ound under stones, in com- 
pany with Buborellia astruci. 7 
