794 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1911. 
Head shining, smooth, blackish brown 
Pronotum decidedly transverse, subrectangular, genti 
rounded geet deep chestnut, with pale sides 
lytra yellowish-brown, abbreviated and atronis bh 
truncate itarionty. 
Wings abortive. 
Legs yellowish. 
Abdomen almost smooth, deep rich reddish-black, brik 
sane ee worms with a slight greenish lustre: last dorsal segment 
gently narrowed. 3 
"sen aa minute, not protruding 
orceps 3 wi e branches Sellen dilated throodle 
a Lesage or half their Secith, this part with parallel sides, the 
argin Reionlated then strongly, but not brusquely, 
siderite: and arcua . 
ef 
Long. corporis a 7—9°5 mm. 
»,  forcipis zs 2—3°5 
S. Inpra: Madura District, Shembaganur (3 ¢ coll. mihi, 
Astruc). 
This species does not very closely resemble @. chirurga 
it is a size smaller, and the brilliant sheen of the abdome 
very distinctive. 
Guanchia chirurga, sp. n. 
Size small : general colour dark chestn He 
Antennae greyish-brown, 12—13 cea is fourthn 
as long as the third. : 
Head smooth and tumid, clear yellowish red, the mouth 
parts d mat 
Pronotum transverse, almost rectangular, the sides = 
convex: apa black, light brown at the sides: median 
faint: prozona feebly tum id. 
_ Elytra short, obliquely truncate, the sutural margin being 
much shorter than the costal : sm ooth, blackish brown. 
Wings abortive. 
Legs SS brown, the tarsi and claws rather long- 
Abdomen dark brown or chestnut, darker at ie ese, 
shading to reddish - the apex: smooth ; sides of sixth = 
eighth segments acu « 
Last bess nicgthe: sebinsen rectangular, transverse, poste 
margin truncate, with a gently elevated, tumid, obtuse bis 
cle over the Sti of the fore 
Penultimate ventral segment broadly rounded. 
F gidium very small, obtuse. \ 
— elongate, arcuate d slender: basa in 
shout: the first third of their aan dilated, he dilated 
: ee ath sane bn not toothed : e dilated 
