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HALTICIM. 



dilated and rather flattened at the apical end, with a shallow 

 excavation along the upper surface, and with a spine at the apex 

 on the underside ; first segment of posterior tarsi longer than the 

 two following segments together ; claws bifid, the base of each 

 broad, the outer branch of each claw strongly chitinised and 

 sharply pointed, the inner less chitinised and broader, a feature 

 which is better visible when viewed from the underside. 

 Range. Ceylon. 



328. Philogeus fulvipennis, Jacoby. 



Philogeus fulvipennis, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 96. 



Colour brown ; head, antennae, prothorax and legs black. 



Head : vertex convex, smooth and impunctate, interantennal 

 carina acutely raised. Antennae about a millimetre shorter than 

 the body ; first segment long and thickened, second shorter and 

 thicker than third, fourth equal to third, fifth very slightly 



Fig. 132. — Philogeus fulvipennis, Jac. 



longer, sixth shorter than fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth stouter 

 and more thickly covered with bristle-like hairs, tenth and eleventh 

 thinner, the latter being small and pointed. Prothorax as broad 

 as long, front margin straight, basal margin widely rounded, sides 

 straight, at the anterior angles the corners are oblique, each of 

 the anterior and posterior angles possessing a seta-bearing pore ; 

 surface strongly convex, smooth, shining and (seen under a high 

 power) with a few very fine scattered punctures. Scutellum 



