274 Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleoptera. 



line ; it has two impressions at the base, and is finely sulcated 

 just in front of the scutellum. The elytra are furrowed and 

 regularly impressed with deep punctures along the ninth ridge ; 

 they are slightly dehiscent at the apex. The legs of the male are 

 of the following description : — coxae strong ; trochanters and 

 femora simple, the latter slightly setose; the anterior tibiae 

 strongly dilated towards the apex and costated, strongly spinoso- 

 dentate at the outer edge, with a strong, blunt spur at the notch 

 and another at the apex; the latter place, moreover, furnished 

 with spines. The intermediate and posterior tibise with three 

 rows of spines along the outer, and two rows of strong bristles 

 at the inner side, all inserted on ridges, strongly 2-calcarated at 

 the apex, the inner spur longer than the outer one. These apical 

 spurs of the tibice are in all the legs slightly compressed arid ser- 

 rated on the two narrow sides. The anterior tarsi have joints 

 1-4 slightly dilated, the apex of the first, second, and third being 

 at the same time furnished below each with two small white brushes 

 fenced-in by spines. Joint 1 is triangular, with the external 

 apical angle strongly prolonged; 2 and 3 are almost equal, 

 transversely ovato-subcordiform, 2 slightly, but distinctly, pro- 

 longed at the external apical angle, 3 less so, but still prolonged ; 

 4, small, cordiform ; 5, long, subcylindric ; joints 1-4 with two 

 spines at the apical angles, these spines removed in the 5th, the 

 one to a subapical, and the other to a position at the middle ; in 

 joints 1-3 these spines are shorter and thicker at the outer angle 

 than at the inner; in the 4th this difference is scarcely obser- 

 vable, and in the last it does not exist ; the claws are strong and 

 simple. The intermediate tarsi are elongated; joint 1 trian- 

 gular; 2 and 3 nearly equal, quadrato-subcordiform ; 4, of a 

 similar form, but much smaller ; all furnished with spines at the 

 apical angles in the manner of the anterior tarsi. The inner side 

 of the apical half of joint 1 and joints 2 and 3 with strong brushes 

 of reddish colour bordered by rows of spines, the entire lower sur- 

 face forming one thick brush, and not two, as in the first pair. 

 The posterior tarsi are still more elongated, joints 1-4 decreasing 

 gradually in size, subcylindric ; 5 quite so ; all armed like the 

 preceding. The legs of the female are very similar to those of 

 the male, still there is some difference in the tarsi ; the brushes 

 are wanting ; the anterior pair has joints 1-3 fully as much, and 

 4, more dilated ; joints 2-4 are subcordiform, 2-3 rather more 

 prolonged on the outer side than in the male. In the inter- 

 mediate pair the joints are more distinctly triangular. The pro- 

 sternum is elliptic, pointed at the apex, or of the shape of a 

 spear-head with the lateral angles rounded-off; it is depressed 

 at the sides, strongly marginated (as is also the anterior part of 

 the mesothorax), being furnished with a few thin hairs within 



