OOR [October, 



with the 8rd joint sliorter tliiin the 2uJ, tlie 4th to the (Uh a little longer than 

 broad, the 7th to the lOth somewhat transverse, the 11th short, oval. Thorax 

 transverse, widest before the middle and about one-half as broad again as long, 

 the sides moderately rounded in front and ratlier strongly convergent behind ; 

 the disc without trace of impressions and similarly sculptured to the liead. 

 Elytra broader and a little longer than the thorax, transverse, shining, often 

 more or less brownish, moderately finely and somewhat closely punctured. 

 Abdomen slightly widened behind, shining, very finely and by no means closely 

 punctured and pubescent. 



Hah. Dikoya {G. Leic/'s). 



O.ri/felns {Anoti/Itis) monoceros, n. sp. 



TSlack, shining, elytra yellow ; thorax with the sides evenly rounded, the 

 posterior angles completely effaced ; first joint of the antennae and legs testa- 

 ceous. Ijengtli 2'3-3 mm. Head in the c^ large,* transverse, nearly as wide 

 as the thorax, transversely depressed between the antennal tubercles, the 

 anterior border in front of the right antennal tubercle produced into a short 

 pointed triangular process, so that the front is asymmetrical ; vertex without 

 fovea ; sculpture posteriorly consisting of larger and snuxUer and not very 

 closely placed puncture.*, anteriorly impunctate and coriaceous, but shining; eyes 

 moderately large, their diameter about equalling the length of the temples, 

 which are rounded behind : in the J smaller, subtriangular, the anterior border 

 evenly rounded ; sculpture as in the cT - but tlie front with a row of punctures 

 just behind tbe anterior margin and a small fovea on the vertex. Antennae 

 with the 2nd and 3rd joints equal in length, the 4th small, moniliform, the 

 5th to the 10th transverse, gradually increasing in breadth. Thoi'ax nearly 

 one-third broader than long, the sides evenly rounded, the posterior angles 

 effaced ; median sulcus complete, extending the whole length of the disc, the 

 lateral grooves deeper and broader, curved, not quite reaching the anterior 

 margin, the sides strigose ; puncturatiou scattered and moderately large. Elytra 

 as long as and sliyhtly broader than the thorax, transverse, feebly strigose, 

 rather sparingly and moderately coarsely punctured. .Vbdomen coriaceous, 

 very obsoletely and sparingly punctured. 



J . 6th ventral segment furnished on either side of the aiiddle line with 

 a rather long, triangular, pointed tooth, the two teeth diverging from each 

 other; 7th segment foveute in the centre, the posterior margin produced into 

 a subquadrate plate which is rounded behind in the middle line, deeply 

 emarginate on either side. 



Hah. Colombo, Belligara, Nuwera Eliya {G. Lewis). 



Type in my own collection. 



Oxytelu.^ (Anotijlns) distincticoUis, n. sp. 



Black, shining, the elytra brown, the thoracic sulci more or less obsolete ; 

 first five joints of the antennae and legs reddish-testaceous. Length o'3 mm. 

 Easily recognised by the very indistinct thoracic furrows, but structurally 



* A 



form of <J with the head scarcely differing from that of the 5 is also found. 



