OQg [October, 



surface infuscate, the abdomen often more or less femxginons ; the legs and 

 joints 1-3 of the antennae testaceovis, the rest of the latter piceons or black ; 

 densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, piinctate. Head broad, transverse, 

 well-developed behind the eyes, the latter coarsely facetted, large, and separated 

 by mnch less than theii own width as seen from above, the frontal suture deep ; 

 antennae long, very slender, filiform, joints 2 and 3 short and sub-equal in ^ , 

 3 considerably longer than 2 in $,4-11 elongate, relatively shorter in $ ; 

 apical joint of maxillary palpi moderately stout, securiform. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, much wider than the head, the sides parallel behind and arcuately 

 converging anteriorly, the hind-angles sharp, the base sinuate, the two foveae 

 transverse and connected by the marginal groove. Elytra long, much wider 

 than the prothorax, sub-parallel in their basal half, depressed on the disc below 

 the base. Tibiae with a few min\xte setae mixed with the hairs along their 

 outer edge. Basal joint of posterior tarsi nearly twice as long as the others 

 united. Length 4^-5^, breadth l|-lf mm. ((??.) 



Hah. : Ceylon, Bogawantalawa and Dikoya, alt. 3800-5200 ft. 

 {G.Leiois: xii.'81-iii.'82). 



Eleveu specimens, the two with a short third autennal joint 

 assumed to be males. Narrower and less robust than S. setipes 

 (infra), the elytra fusco-testaceous or brown, the prothoi'ax not so 

 roughly punctate, the basal joints of the maxillary palpi not so stout, 

 the antennae more slender, the tibiae indistinctly setulose. More 

 elongate than 8. dnhia Oliv., the eyes very much larger, the antennae 

 more slender, the prothorax relatively narrower, the penultimate 

 tarsal joint small. Larger and more elongate than S. malaharica, the 

 head broader, the eyes much larger and more coarsely facetted, the 

 legs longer and not so slender. 



2. — Scraptia forticornis, n. sp. 



$ . Elongate, narrow, siib-parallel, shining, thickly pubescent ; testaceous, 

 the head and antennae (joints 1-3 excepted) piceous; the entii-e surface 

 densely, minutely punctate. Head transverse, convex, the eyes very large> 

 nearly reaching the base, and well separated above, the frontal suture 

 indistinct ; apical joint of maxillaiy palpi stout, secui'iform ; antennae long, 

 stovit, joints 2 and 3 very short, 3 smaller than 2, 4-11 elongate, sub-cylindrical. 

 Prothorax strongly transverse, almost as wide as the elytra, the sides rounded 

 anteriorly and sub-parallel behind, the hind-angles rectangular, the two basal 

 foveae large, shallow, and extending forwards, the disc also obsoletely foveate 

 in the middle at the base. Elytra sub-parallel in their basal half, rounded at 

 the tip. Legs long, slender ; penultimate joint of front and middle tarsi small, 

 feebly lobed, the basal joint of posterior pair elongate and distinctly curved. 

 Length 3, breadth 1 mm. 



Hah. : Japan, Junsai Lake {G. Leivis). 



