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at the apex, flattened on the disc before tlie middle. Legs moderately long ; 

 tibiae rough, setose along their outer edge; penultimate tarsal joint feebly 

 lobed, the basal joint of the posterior pair less than half the length of the 

 tibia. Length oi-6, breadth 1|-2yL mm. (<?$.) 



Hab.: Ceylon (Nietner : ? ), Dikova, alt. 3,800-4,200 ft. (G. 

 Lewis: xii.'81-i.'82: ^). 



Three males and two females. A large, robust, elongate, dark 

 form, with slender antennae, rather short legs, setulose tibiae, large 

 eyes, a roughly sculptured head and prothorax, and somewhat hispid 

 pubescence. The mandibles are acute and unemarginate at the tip, 

 and the apical joint of the labial palpi is extremely broad. This is 

 one of four peculiar Scraptiids foimd by Mr. Gr. Lewis in the mountains 

 of Ceylon, all different from the two described by Motschulsk-}' in 1861 

 from the same region. 



33. — Scirqitia pJatydera, n. sp. 



(Plate VII, fig. 8.) 



Elongate-oval, broad, flattened above, shining; thickly i^ubescent, nigro- 

 fuscous, the elytra dark brown (in certain lights appearing streaked with 

 nigro-fuscous, perhaps diie to discoloration) ; densely, finely pimctate, the 

 elytra with intermixed, much coarser, pvmctures towards the base. Head trans- 

 verse, large, triangular, the post-ocular portion nearly as long as the eyes and 

 extending outwards to beyond them, the eyes moderately large, deeply emargi- 

 nate, distant, the frontal suture distinct ; maxillary palpi stout, joint 4 

 securiform ; antennae moderately long, rather slender, joint 2 short, 3 not so 

 long as 4, 4 and 5 elongate, cylindrical (the others missing). Prothorax very 

 short, more than twice as broad as long, arcuately narrowed anteriorly, the two 

 basal foveae transverse, deep, the median impression shallow, the hind-angles 

 obti^se. Elytra moderately long, very little broader than the prothorax, 

 gradually widened to the middle and arcuately narrowed thence to the rounded 

 apex. Legs slender ; penultimate joint of each tarsus broadly lobed, the claws 

 feebly dilated at the base, the basal joint of the posterior pair about half the 

 length of the tibia. Length 6i'jj, breadth 2f mm. ( ? .) 



Hah.: Natal, Frere {Marshall). 



One specimen. A broad, oblong-oval, nigro-fuscous insect, with 

 a large, basally-dilated, triangular head, stout palpi, a very shoi-t, ex- 

 tremely broad prothorax, with two deep basal foveae, a double system 

 of punctuation on the elytra, slender legs, and a rather broad penulti- 

 mate joint to each tarsus. It has the general fades of a Cistelid. 



