Tiphia kaszabi, known only from males, is most closely related to T. oswini Turner and T. leclercqi, new species, in having dark opaque tegulae rather than partly or entirely lighter, transparent tegulae as in other Ceylonese species with elongate teg- ulae. Tiphia kaszabi is smaller (5.8 mm maximum length) than its closest relatives (6.0 mm or longer), and the preapical impression of the first abdominal tergum has close, shallow elongate gouges rather than rounded punctures. The spe- cies is known from only three specimens from the Nuwara Eliya area.
ETYMOLOGY.—I am pleased to name this odd little species for Zoltan Kaszab, Hungarian Nat- ural History Museum, Budapest, collaborator on Ceylonese Tenebrionidae.
HOLOTYPE.—6, Sri Lanka, Central Province, Nuwara Eliya District, Hakgala Natural Reserve, 1650-1800 m, 23-25 Feb 1977, K.V. Krombein, P.B. Karunaratne, P. Fernando, D.W. Balasoo- riya (USNM Type 100260).
MALE.—Length 5.6 mm. Black, apical half of mandible and foretibia beneath red, foretibia above and fore and mid tarsi brown. Vestiture sparse, weakly yellowish. Wings slightly infu- mated, stigma black, veins brown.
Head 1.6 times as wide as interocular distance at anterior ocellus; mandible with slight preapical denticle; emargination of apical margin of me- dian clypeal lobe intermediate between that of T.
oswini and of T. leclercqi, lateral angles not up- turned but more angulate than in T. oswini: lower
part of front without median ridge, punctures subcontiguous; upper part of front impunctate except small area beneath ocelli and along inner eye margins where punctures are mostly sepa- rated by half or the diameter of a puncture.
Pronotal disk with an anterior carina behind which are a few weak, short rugulae, punctures mostly separated by the diameter of a puncture, posterior area impunctate; lateral pronotal sur- face with a weak oblique median groove, weakly rugulose on lower area; scutum without median escarpment; tegula shagreened, opaque, 1.8 times as long as median width; mesopleuron sparsely punctate, many punctures separated by twice the diameter of a puncture; inner surface of hind tibia without a median ridge or polished streak, sensorium not impressed; marginal cell extending farther toward apex of forewing than second submarginal; propodeal areola tricarinate, basal width 1.2 times apical width and 0.7 times the length, area adjacent to areola transversely lineo- late, submarginal carina not extending beyond spiracular area; lateral propodeal surface deli- cately obliquely rugulose on posterior and upper areas, obliquely lineolate on the lower anterior section; posterior propodeal surface without me- dian carina, lower half very finely transversely rugulose, upper half delicately shagreened.
First abdominal segment 1.5 times as long as wide; disk of first tergum not ridged anteriorly, virtually impunctate, preapical impression with short, delicate, close gouges rather than punc- tures; posterolateral process of fifth sternum short, low, arcuate with a small depression adjacent to inner edge; sixth sternum without erect median tuft of dense hair.
FEMALE.—Unknown.
PARATYPES.—16*, same data as holotype (USNM); 16\ Nuwara Eliya, Galway Natural Reserve, 6200 ft, 10 Jun 1978, P.B. Karunaratne, V. Kulasekare, L. Jayawickrema (USNM). One paratype has been placed in the National Mu- seums of Sri Lanka (Colombo).
The paratypes are 4.5-5.8 mm long. The preapical mandibular denticle is eroded on one specimen, and the other specimen lacks a propo-
deal areola, and there are only a few oblique rugulae on the lateral surface of the propodeum.
7. Tiphia sakagamii, new species The female of this species is distinguished from other species with elongate tegulae except T.
moczari, new species, by a combination of the tricarinate propodeal areola, short groove on in- ner surface of hind basitarsus, front without me- dian crest, and legs entirely light red except coxae.
The front is more densely punctate than in T.
moczari, as is the mesopleural disk, the submar- ginal carina of the dorsal surface of the propo- deum is complete and curves around the spira- cular area, and the subapical punctation of the first abdominal tergum is mostly two punctures in width. The male of T. sakagamii lacks a tuft of dense erect hair on the sixth abdominal sternum and a frontal carina, the tibiae and tarsi are usually red and occasionally the femora also, and the tegula is glossy, transparent, and testaceous on the apical half.
Tiphia sakagamii occurs only in Sri Lanka and has been collected at several localities in the Dry Zone.
The species is named for my colleague Shoichi F. Sakagami, Hokkaido University, collaborator on Ceylonese Halictinae and Meliponinae.
HOLOTYPE.—$, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Trincomalee District, Kanniyai, 15 m, 10 Oct 1977, K.V. Krombein, P.B. Karunaratne, P. Fer- nando, T. Wijesinhe, M. Jayaweera (USNM Type 100261).
FEMALE.—Length 5.8 mm. Black, the following light red: mandible except apex, antenna, tegula and legs except coxae; posterior margin of pro- notal disk and apex of pygidium testaceous. Ves- titure white with faint yellowish tinge. Wings slightly infumated, veins near base amber, stigma and veins toward apex brown.
Head 1.5 times as wide as interocular distance at anterior ocellus; lower front without median crest, most of punctures separated by half the diameter of a puncture, upper half of front with many punctures separated by no more than the
diameter of a puncture but with several inter- spaces wider than an ocellus.
Pronotal disk without an anterior ridge, ante- rior area contiguously punctate, punctures more separated across middle, and apical third smooth;
lateral pronotal surface weakly lineolate and with a moderate oblique median furrow; notauli well developed, but anterior escarpment lacking on scutum; mesopleuron with many punctures sep- arated by the diameter of a puncture but some closer, especially posteriorly; tegula 1.7 times as long as broad in middle, posterior half transpar- ent; mid and hind tibiae not inflated, inner sur- face of latter with a polished median ridge; hind basitarsus on inner surface with a median groove about half as long as segment; basal width of propodeal areola 1.5 times apical width and 0.6 times the length; submarginal carina of dorsal propodeal surface ending at spiracle, surface to areola delicately, transversely lineolate; posterior propodeal surface with small punctures, median ridge evancescent; lateral propodeal surface with close oblique carinae on posterior upper two- thirds, lower anterior third obliquely lineolate.
Preapical band of punctures on first abdominal tergum 2 punctures wide; pygidium punctate on basal half with a small smooth median area pos- teriorly, posterior half glossy.
ALLOTYPE.—<5, Eastern Province, Amparai Dis- trict, Ekgal Aru Reservoir Jungle, 100 m, 19-22 Feb 1977, K.V. Krombein, P.B. Karunaratne, P.
Fernando, D.W. Balasooriya (USNM).
MALE.—Length 4.7 mm. Black, the following light red: mandible except tip, antenna beneath, basal half of tegula, legs except coxae; posterior margin of pronotal disk and apical half of tegula testaceous. Vestiture white, tinged with yellowish on abdomen. Wings clear, stigma dark, veins brown.
Head 1.6 times as wide as interocular distance at anterior ocellus; mandible without preapical denticle; median lobe of clypeus flat, apex trun- cate; lower half of front without median carina, punctures separated at most by half the diameter of a puncture; upper part of front with scattered punctures except along eye margins where they
are denser, and with several impunctate areas as wide as an ocellus or more.
Dorsal pronotal disk with strong anterior ridge behind which are some scattered short longitu- dinal rugulae, punctures separated by half or more the diameter of a puncture, apical strip smooth; lateral surface of pronotum with a weak oblique median groove, upper surface delicately obliquely lineolate, lower surface with a few oblique rugulae; notauli distinct but no anterior escarpment, punctures anteriorly separated by half or more the diameter of a puncture, subcon- tiguous posteriorly; tegula 1.8 times as long as median width; mesopleuron irregularly punctate, with density varying from 1 to several times the diameter of a puncture; marginal cell extending farther toward apex of forewing than second submarginal cell; inner surface of hind tibia with a strong median ridge terminating in a small, narrow impressed sensorium; propodeal areola tricarinate, basal width 1.6 times apical width and 0.8 times the length, area adjacent to areola obliquely lineolate, submarginal carina curving around spiracular area; lateral propodeal surface obliquely and closely rugulose on upper and pos- terior two-thirds, obliquely lineolate on lower anterior third; posterior propodeal surface irreg- ularly and finely lineolate, median ridge lacking.
First abdominal segment 1.2 times as long as wide, disk of first tergum without anterior ridge, scattered small punctures on anterior half, pos- terior half smooth except preapical impressed row 2 punctures wide; first 2 terga glossy, third to sixth dull, finely shagreened and with small punc- tures separated by 1 to 2 times the diameter of a puncture; posterolateral process of fifth sternum low, slightly arcuate, mostly longitudinally ori- ented and adjacent to a small shallow depression along inner edge; sixth sternum without a tuft of erect dense hair.
PARATYPES. NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE. Anumd- hapura District: Ic5, Ritigala Natural Reserve, 8 mi NW Habarana, 8 Feb 1962, swept on grass in forest, Brinck, Andersson, Cederholm (Lund).
EASTERN PROVINCE. Tnncomalee District: 1$, Trin- comalee, China Bay Ridge bungalow, 0-100 ft.
in Malaise trap, 16-17 May 1976, K.V. Krom- bein, P.B. and S. Karunaratne, D.W. Balasooriya (USNM); 1°, Trincomalee, M.A. Humbert (Ge- neva). Amparai Dstrict: 1$, 336*, same data as allotype (USNM). NORTHERN PROVINCE. Vavuniya District: Vavuniya, 18 Dec 1923, G.M. Henry (Colombo), 16* is excluded from the type series because the head is lacking. A pair of paratypes has been deposited in the National Museums of Sri Lanka (Colombo), and a male paratype in the British Museum (Natural History).
Female paratypes are 6.1-6.5 mm long and agree well with the holotype in all essential de- tails. Male paratypes are 3.8-5.1 mm long. Most males have the legs except coxae light red, but some specimens have brownish femora. The punctation is relatively less dense in some speci- mens, especially on upper front and mesopleuron, and somewhat more dense in a few.