NEW SPECIES OF FOREICULID^. 521 



3rd cols., line 9, for " Brachylahis. S. America, Java," read 

 " Anisolahis. General Distribution " ; and on p. 505, 2nd & 

 3rd cols., line 8, for " Anisolahis. Greneral Distribution," read 

 ^'Brachylahis. S.America." 



Genus Apachts, Serv. 



j^PACHTS PaSCOEI, Sp. U. (PI. XX. fig. 1.) 



Long. corp. (absque forcip.) 35 millim. ; lat. 7 millim. ; long, 

 tegra. 10 millim.; al. 5; term. segm. cum pygid. 10; long, 

 forcip. 8. 



Male. Head black, shining; a deep semicircular depression 

 between the eyes on the vertex ; face below the antennae tes- 

 taceous, blackish at the lower end of the clypeus. Antennae broken 

 (15 joints remaining), blackish brown, the second joint reddish ; 

 scape broad, about twice as long as broad, testaceous at the 

 extremity ; the 2nd transverse, the 3rd twice as long as broad, the 

 4th, 5th, and 6th transverse, the remainder gradually lengthening, 

 but the last remaining hardlj twice as long as broad. Thorax 

 black, shining, longer than broad, narrowed in front ; scutellum 

 triangular, very large ; a central groove running from the occiput 

 to the scutellum ; elytra shading into chocolate-brown or reddish, 

 the basal two-thirds slightly lobate at the sides, where they are 

 edged with whitish. Visible portion of the wings yellow in the 

 middle, and more ochreous outwardly. Abdomen reddish, blackish 

 towards the sides, the front segments longitudinally striated, the 

 terminal segment strongly granulated; the pygidium very large, 

 subrotuud, obtusely angulated at the extremity, with the lateral 

 angles indicated by slight projections. Forceps nearly semicir- 

 cular, but incurved before the middle, beyond which they are 

 slightly flattened ; a strong ridge on the inner side at the base. 

 Legs smooth, shining, blackish, shading into chocolate-brown or 

 testaceous; femora thickened; second joint of tarsi very small, 

 third joint nearly twice as long as second. 



Rah. Sylhet. 



The genera Apachys and Tagalina are generally characterized 

 as having the first joint of the tarsi no longer than the second ; 

 but this is by no means an invariable character. ApacJiys, how- 

 ever, may be recognized at once by the semicircular forceps, 

 placed before the base of the very large pygidium. The present 

 species is from the collection of the late Mr. P. P. Pascoe, and 



