110 PROF. A. T). IMMS ON 



The inferwr claios mai-kedly acuminate, unarmed. PsexLdonychia 

 large, projecting laterally. 



Ventral Tube. — 1-75 mm. long, slender, cylindrical. The 

 vesicles each subdivided into a long anterior lobe and a shorter 

 posterior lote. 



Fu7'cula. — Reaching to the ventral tube ; average length 

 2'25 mm. The denies slightly tapering towards their extremities ; 

 related in length to the manubrium in the proportion of 7 : 5. 

 The mucrones (fig. 78) complex, wedge-shaped when viewed 

 in section ; armed with a prominent terminal tooth, and a small 

 ventral tooth applied to the base of the latter ; two lateral teeth 

 on the inner side of the mucro. The dorsal edge of the mucro 

 provided with four teeth. The apex of the dens provided with 

 a scale-like organ on the dorsal side, and a stout rod-like seta on 

 its inner aspect. 



Coloration. — The ground colour varying from cream to pale 

 yellow, darkening according to the number of scales present. 

 The eyes on a black patch on each side of the head. The antennse 

 a little darker than the ground colour of the body, inclining in 

 some examples to pale brown; the basal joint longitudinally 

 streaked with violet-black. Body-markings varying from violet- 

 black to almost black, giving the insect a mottled appearance to 

 the naked eye. The sides of the head and the lateral margins of the 

 thorax and first abdominal segment violet-black. A few lateral 

 markings of the same colour on the remaining abdominal 

 seo-ments. The only dorsal marking is a narrow irregular trans- 

 verse streak crossing the head behind the bases of the antennse. 

 The femora marked with a distal band of violet ; the proximal 

 tibial joint with both proximal and distal bands of the same colour : 

 the distal tibial joint with a violet sufi"usion across the middle. 



In very pale examples the body-markings are entirely absent, 

 only the legs retaining the usual coloration. In very dark 

 specimens the markings along the sides of the trunk are con- 

 fluent, and are united by transverse bands crossing the two 

 thoracic segments, and each of the first three segments of the 

 abdomen. 



Length varying from 5-5-5 mm. 



Twenty-two examples, taken among damp dead leaves in forest 

 of rhododendron and oak at Bhowali, Himalayan foot-hills of 

 Kumaon, 5700 ft. (A. D. Imms, October 18th-23rd, 1909). 



No ^^^^ Indian Museum Ooll. 

 16 



* Paronella phanolepis, sp, n, (PI. X. fig. 69 ; PI. XI. 

 fig. 79.) 



Unguiculus superior duohus partus dentibits armatus ; unguictdus 

 inferior lanceolaitts, inermis. Mucrones lati, quattuor apicalibus 

 et trihus dorsalibus denticidis armati. Deniictdi dorsales ita 

 collocati xtt nmis 2>ost alterum insertus sit. Articulns quartets 



