1920.] • 97 



pubescent at the sides, the disc nearly inipunctate, with very fine obsolete 

 pTdiiiid-sculpture. Abdomen scaplioid, the lateral margins strongly raised; 

 7th dorsal segnient coarsely and rugosoly punctured, except on the posterior 

 third, which is longitudinally strigose, the other segments inipunctate, smtM>tb, 

 shining, and glabrous. -'^^'^^^^ * 



c?. Snpero-posterior angle of the 2nd ventral plate produced backwards 

 parallel and external to the lateral margin of the abdomen to the level of the 

 jiosterior margin of the 5th dorsal segment as a narrow triangular pointed 

 ])late ; supero-posterior angles of the 3rd and 4th ventral segments j» little 

 prominent; 8th dorsal segment with a small blunt tooth on either sid«.^/^av:„p 

 postt'ri(n- margin, produced and auich narrowed in the middle line, the iipe!C~ — - 

 rounded. 



Ilab. Kandy {G. E. Bri/foit). Type in my own collection. 



0)'j)hnehnis hryaiiti, n. sp. 



Black, shining, the elytra obscure tet^taceous, the lateral borders dark ; 

 antennae with the 2iid and 3rd joints pitchy ; legs pitchy, the tarsi testaceous. 

 Length 2v5-3'o mm. Differs from the preceding (apart from the colour) in 

 tlie absence of the row of three punctures on either side of the head, and the 

 presence of a few punctures near the eyes; the thorax much more strongly 

 contracted towards the base, the single large puncture on either side of the 

 middle absent, a few tine punctures present towards the sides ; the elytra more 

 evenly but very sparingly punctured. 



J . Supero-posterior angle of the 2nd ventral plate only slightly pro- 

 minent ; 8th dorsal plate broadly rounded and but little produced, with a row 

 of eight tubercles in front of and parallel to the posterior nna-gin ; Gth dorsal 

 segment with a transverse row of six obsolete tubercles before the posterior 

 margin. 



Hub. Kandy {G. E. Bryant). Type in my own collection. 



Oephnebiota, n. gen. 



Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the 1st joint small, the 2nd elongate, scarcely 

 thicktned towards apex, the 3rd as long as the preceding and but little 

 thickened, the 4th subulate, one-half as lojig as the preceding. Labial palpi 

 3-jointed, the 1st joint rather short, the 2nd a little shorter and narrower than 

 the 1st, the 3rd longer and narrower than the 2nd. Inner lobe of maxilla long 

 and nariow, feebly pectinate internally in front, outer lobe long and narrow, 

 densely ciliate. Temples not bordered below ; neck narrow. Mesosternum 

 truncate posteriorly, extending but little between the middle coxae, which are 

 widely separated ; metasterual process gradually narrowed, produced, the apex 

 rounded, not meeting the mesosternum. Tarsal formula 4, 5, 5 : the anterior 

 pair with tirst three joints moderately stout, subequal,the fourth as long as the 

 three preceding together; the middle pair with the tirst four joints elongate, 

 gradually decreasing in length ; the posterior pair elongate, with the 1st joint 

 as long as the two following together, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4tli gradually shorter. 



