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21 .—Scraptia angulata, n. sp. 

 (Plate VIT, %. 7.) 



Elongate, depressed, shining, clothed with pallid pubescence ; testaceous, 

 the eyes, a common, angulate median fascia on the elytra, a patch on the disc 

 of the latter near the apex, and a faint oblique streak on the disc below the base, 

 picoous or black ; the head and prothorax closely, finely, the elytra more 

 coarsely, punctate. Head small, transverse, the frontal sutiire scarcely trace- 

 able ; eyes moderately large, separated by about their own width as seen from 

 above ; apical joint of maxillary palpi broadly securiform ; antennae long, 

 slender, filiform, joint 2 short, 3 nearly as long as 4, 4-11 moderately elongate, 

 slightly diminishing in length outwards. Prothorax transverse, semi-circular 

 (as seen from above), trifoveate at the base. Elytra long, gradually narrowing 

 from about the middle, conjointly rounded at the tip. Legs long ; penultimate 

 joint of front and middle tarsi feebly lobed, that of the posterior pair very 

 small and narrow, the basal joint of the latter about twice as long as the others 

 united, Length 3-3^^, breadth about 1 mm. 



Hab. : India, Nilgiri Hills (if. L. Arulrewes). 



Two specimens, in a good state of preservation. Smaller and 

 more slender than S. quadrisignata ; the elytra differently marked, less 

 rounded at the sides, and not so coarsely punctate ; the legs not so 

 stout, etc. 



28. — -Scraptia compressicoUis, n. sp. 



Elongate, parallel, robust, shining, thickly cinereo-pubescent ; nigro-fuscous 

 or obscure testaceous, the legs and joints 1-3 of the antennae testaceous, the 

 under surface always more or less infuscato ; densely, finely, the elytra rather 

 coarsely, punctate. Head moderately broad, well-developed behind the eyes, 

 the latter large and somewhat narrowly separated, the frontal suture deep ; 

 apical joint of maxillary palpi securiform, that of the labial pair very broad ; 

 antennae ( S ) rather long, slender, joints 2 and 3 short, 3 a little longer than 

 2, 4-11 elongate, filiform, ( $ ) shorter, joint 3 about as -long as 4, 4-11 some- 

 what obconic. Prothorax transverse, uneven, small, a little wider than the 

 head, with the sides obliquely compressed, and converging from near the base 

 (the prothorax appearing sub-campanulate as seen from above), the hind-angles 

 sharp, the base trisinuate and deeply trifoveate, the disc also canaliciilate down 

 the middle. Elytra long, much wider than the prothorax, parallel in their 

 basal half, somewhat acuminate posteriorly, strongly depressed below the base. 

 Under siu-face finely, the sides of the metasternum coarsely and closely, punc- 

 tate ; propleura separated from the anterior portion of the presternum by a 

 sharp oblique ridge. Legs long, slender ; tibial spurs short ; penultimate tarsal 

 joint feebly lobed, the basal joint of the posterior pair very long, feebly curved. 

 Length 3i-4|, breadth 1-1 J mm. (<??.) 



Hab. : Ceylon, Bogawantalawa and Dikoya, alt. 3,800-5,200 ft. 

 (G. Lewis : xii.'81-iii.'82). 



