Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleopiera. IBS' 



globose joints, the last of which is acuminated and slightly cut 

 away on one side, as in some of the preceding species. The 

 thorax is obovate, broadest below the middle, and gradually 

 narrowed towards the apex. The elytra have the usual two 

 shoulder-ridges, and are rather strongly dehiscent at the apex. 

 The two posterior coxae are rather distant at the base ; the tibiae 

 are slightly angustated and subcylindric at the apex, the four 

 anterior ones hairy ; the first pair, moreover, slightly bent at the 

 base and apex, but the rest nearly straight. 



41. Scydnimnus angusticepSy N. 



S. castaneus, antennis pedibusque dilutioribus, tarsis palpisque tes- 



taceis. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Caput magnum, subtrigonum, occipite fortiter angustato, hoc et 

 thorace longe pilosis. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se sub- 

 sequalibus, 7-11 gradatim majoribus, vel 9-10 subsequalibus, sub- 

 globosis, 8-10 leviter depressis, cum 11® clavam formantibus. Palpi 

 maxill. art. 2° tenuiore, 3° iuverte conico, 4° mediocri, conico-acumi- 

 nato. Thorax obconicus, basi subquadratus, 2-sinuatus et 4-foveo- 

 latus. Elytra costis 2 fortioribus abbreviatis. Tibiae subrectse. 



A handsome species, of a chestnut colour, more or less deep, 

 with lighter legs and antennae. The head is large, heavy, and, 

 from the eyes to the neck, strongly triangular; the occiput and 

 thorax are covered with long hair, which adds much to the pe- 

 culiar appearance of the insect. The antennae are thick and 

 robust, the club 4-jointed. The thorax is subquadrate at the 

 base up to the middle, and conic towards the apex. The punc- 

 tures or pits at the base are four in number. The scutellum is 

 small. The humeral costae are more strongly developed than in 

 any of the other species, and traceable to the middle of the 

 elytra. The tibiae are nearly straight, subcylindric at the apex ; 

 the four anterior ones hairy. The tarsi have joints 2-4 nearly 

 subequal. 



B. Species without a neck, 



42. Scydmcenus ovatus, N. 



S. ovatus, convexus, brunneus. Long. corp. ^ lin. 



Caput subquadrato-ovatum. Antennae art. 3-11 sensim incras- 

 satis, 9-11 subglobosis, depressis, cum 11° magno, conico clavam 

 formantibus. Palpi maxill. art. 4^* minuto, acuminato. Thorax 

 ampluSy semiorbicularis, margine posteriore medio producto, basi 2- 

 foveolatus. Tarsis art. 1-4 subaequalibus. 



The colour of this insect is, as usual, shaded-off from brown. 



