Corijtlwderln'i from Bvlllsli India. 579 



In the fissure of tlie middle furrow ot' the })rot]»orax on 

 its bottom the white meml)rane of the exudatory tissue is 

 visible (see Wasmann, " Zur naliereu Keutnis des ecbteii 

 Gastverhaltnisses/' Biolog. Centralbl. 1903). The golden- 

 tomeiitose border of the base of the protliorax is very broad 

 aud ends in a very large, circular, laterally-prominent tuft 

 of hairs. The sides of the anterior margin of the clypeus 

 are rounded, the middle advances suddenly into a blunt 

 point. The middle furrow of the prothorax begins very near 

 the anterior margin ; the disk is slightly convex, the sides 

 near the anterior angles being feebly rounded (nearly 

 parallel). The semilunar process above the hind edges 

 projects as far as the circular tuft of hairs below it. The 

 lateral fui'row of the protliorax is deep, ending on each side 

 in a blackish groove. The costae of the parallel elytra are 

 only very feebly elevated, except the slightly higher common 

 sutural ridge aud the very highly carinate second costa, 

 Avhicli is produced into a tooth at the base. The interval 

 between the second costa and the suture is extraordinarily 

 large. The tibise and tarsi are setose, the elytra covered 

 with very fine, dense, and pretty long white hairs. The 

 first joint of the middle and hind tarsi is scarcely longer 

 than the second. 



Long. 3, lat. 1 mm. 



Differs from Term'itopisthes (" Chcetopisthes ") termiticoJa, 

 Gestro (Ann. Mus Civ. Genova, xxx. 1891, p. 904 & fig.), 

 by its dark reddish-brown colour (termiticola is flavo-tesla- 

 ceous), the broader, more parallel body, the simply rounded 

 sides of the clypeus, the semilunar lobe over the hind edges 

 of the prothorax, the flatter, densely pubescent elytra, etc. 



1 ^ , Dehra Dun, labelled as found " at light." 



7. Chcetopisthes (Ckcetopist hides) tibialis, Wasm., sp. n. 

 (PI. VI. fig. 5.) 



Nearly allied to suicide?', Wasm. (No. 223, p. 15), but 

 differing thus : — Colour clearer yellowish red ; elytra with 

 very large but flat punctures on the intervals of the sulci 

 (in sulciger not distmctly punctured) ; the middte and hind 

 tibi(£ much longer and broader than in sulciger, as long as the 

 respective femora (in sulciger much shorter than these), 

 three times longer than broad near the base (in sulciger four 

 times longer than broad) . [I have compared botJi sexes of 

 my types o^ sulciger with tibialis \~\ 



Long 36, lat. 1-3 mm. 



1 S ? Khandesh. 



