BY ROWLAND E. TURNER. 175 



114. T. (Lophocheilus) lubricus, n.sp. 



<J. Clypeus strongly convex, coarsely and sparsely punctured, 

 pubescent, the anterior margin slightly depressed, broadly 

 truncate. Front strongly punctured, pubescent, antennae rather 

 far apart at base, anterior margin of the prominence between 

 them straight, overhanging base of clypeus. Occiput smooth and 

 shining. Pronotum rather narrower than head, nearly smooth, 

 slightly depressed anteriorly, the margin not much raised. 

 Mesonotum finely and closely punctured on sides, more sparsely 

 on disc. Scutellum strongly but shallowly punctured. 

 Median segment rounded, shining, with very minute punctures. 

 Abdomen elongate-fusiform, very shallowly punctured, segments 

 2-6 with a fine transverse carina near base. Epipygium rounded 

 at apex, with about seven longitudinal carinse. Hypopygium 

 prominent, broad at base, subtriangular, with a short apical spine. 

 The groove between first and second abdominal segments beneath 

 not very strongly marked. Entirely black, with cinereous 

 pubescence. Wings fusco-hyaline with bronze reflections, nervures 

 black. Length 15-18 mm. 



£. Head nearly twice as broad as long, strongly convex, 

 rounded at posterior angles, sparsely punctured, very shallowly 

 and finely on occiput, more coarsely on front, with a very fine 

 and short longitudinal sulcus on front. Mandibles rather long 

 and pointed. Thorax very finely punctured, pronotum much 

 broader than long;, median segment short, sparsely punctured, 

 obliquely truncate posteriorly. First abdominal segment truncate 

 at base, with a transverse carina emarginate in middle just 

 before apex, obliquely striate. Second segment with five well 

 marked transverse carinse, including the recurved apical margin; 

 another less distinct just before apex. Third and fourth segments 

 punctured near base, smooth and shining at apex, the apical 

 margin slightly depressed, leaving a raised curved mark on each 

 side close to apical margin. Fifth segment smooth at base, 

 coarsely punctured at apex. Pygidium deflexed and subtruncate, 

 more than twice as long as the greatest breadth, gradually 

 widened from base to apex where it is rounded; the surface 



