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Episphenus neelgherriensis (Percheron). 

 Pi. I. 



Passalus neelgherriensis, Percheron, 1841, p. 4, pi. lxxvii, fig. 1. 

 Episphenus neelgherriensis, Gravely, 1914c, pp. 222-223, pi. xi, figs. 21-21«. 



Five specimens from India, one being from Cochin and one from the Madras Presidency. 

 Also specimens presented by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher from the Nilgiris (Ootacamund), 

 Mysore (Bababudin Hills, 4,500 ft.) and Coorg (Mercara, Santi Koppa and Pollibeta) ; by 

 M. Guy Babault from Wallardi in Travancore and from the neighbourhood of Trichinopoli 

 and Mahé ; and by myself from Cochin (Kavalai, ca. 1,300-3,000). Length 23-3-28-5 mm. 



Epishenus indicus (Stoliczka), 1873, pp. 159-160. 



PI. I. 



Basilianus indicus, Stoliczka. 1873, pp. 159-160. 



Episphenus indicus, Gravely, 1914c, pp. 220-222, pi. xi, figs. 20-206. 



Eight specimens, one from the Madras Presidency, one from Mercara, Coorg, and six 

 said to be from Assam. Also specimens presented by M. Guy Babault from Wallardi in 

 Travancore, and from near Mahé on the Malabar Coast ; by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher 

 from Santi Koppa in Coorg; and by myself from Kavalai, 1,300-3,000 ft., in Cochin.. 

 Length 27-2-36-2 mm. 



The species of Episphenus may be identified thus : — 



The anterior margin of the head symmetrical, the anterior 



margin of the mentum not depressed or grooved . . E. moorei, p. 85. 



The anterior margin of the head more or less asymmetrical ; 



the anterior margin of the mentum more or less depressed or 



grooved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 



The anterior margin of the head not very strongly asymmetrical 



as a rule ; the anterior margin of the mentum strongly 



grooved on either side of a strong median tubercle (occasion- 



Ially paired) . . . . . . . . . . E. comptoni, p. 85. 



The anterior margin of the head strongly asymmetrical ; the 

 mentum without any strongly marked tubercle .. .. .. 3.. 



The anterior angles of the head not prominent . . . . E. neelgherriensis, p. 86. 



\ The anterior angles of the head more or less prominent . . E. indicus, p. 86. 



Gènus OPHRYGONIUS. Zang, 1904a, pp. 697-700. 

 Irfcl. Heterochilus, Kuwert, 1896 (pre occupied) =Rhipsaspis, Zang, 1905. 



Type, Ophrygonius quadrifer, Zang, loc. cit.=Passalus inaequalus, Burmeister, 1847,. 



p. 468. 



Ophrygonius cantori (Percheron). 



Passalus cantori, Percheron, 1844, pp. 3-4, pi. cxxxiv, fig. 2. 



Ophrygonius cantori, + subspp. convexifrons and dunsiriensis, Gravely, 1914c, pp. 224-225, pi. 

 xi, figs. 22-22a. 



Numerous Himalayan specimens, including three from Tukvar ; one specimen from 

 N. Manipur, 3,000-9,000 ft. ; and one from the Ruby Mines District of Upper Burma, 

 5,000-7,000 ft. Specimens have been presented by M. Guy Babault from Kulu (Kandi 



