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presenting no difference from the g-enns Oxytdnx. Head transverse, the eyes 

 moderately large, the temples long, broadly rounded beliind ; the front trans- 

 versely depressed between the autennal tubercles, smooth, shining, almost 

 impunctate, the rest of the surface coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured. 

 Antennae with the 2nd joint about as long as the ord, the 4th small, as broad 

 as lung, the 5th lo the 10th transverse, gradually increasing in width, the 11th 

 short, oval. Thorax very nearly one-half broader than long, feebly rounded at 

 the sides, narrower at the obtuse posterior angles than anteriorly ; the disc 

 with a narrow, shallow, obsolete furrow throughout the whole length of the 

 median line, and on either side with a broader yet more obsolete impression 

 posteriorly, scarcely traceable beyond the middle, the sides rather broadly 

 impressed ; the whole surface coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured. 

 Eiytra a little broader than, and half as long again as, the thorax, 

 slightly transverse, the sculpture consisting of moderately coarse, somewhat 

 closely placed granules. Abdomen with sculpture consisting of moderately 

 large, superficial, closel}- placed, obsolete punctures, the interspaces raised so 

 that the surface appears irregular and granular, the 7th and 8th segments nearly 

 smooth. 



Mab. Bogawantalawa {G. Lewis). 

 The specimen described is 5 . 



Asfenns hindostanus, n. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, black, the head and thorax scarcely, the elytra and 

 abdomen distinctly, shining, the former posteriorly narrowly testiiceous; 

 antennae liliform, testaceous ; legs testaceous. Length 5 mm. Less robust 

 than A. bispinus Motsch., with narrower head, shorter, more shining, simply 

 punctured elytra, the posterior border of which is narrowly testaceous, 

 and much less coarsely punctured head and thorax. Head oblong, the 

 temples long, gradually narrowed a.nd rounded; sculpture close and umbilicate. 

 Antennae long and slender, all the joints much longer than broad, the 2nd joint 

 shorter than the Srd, the 10th and 11th but little shoiter than the 9ih. Thorax 

 a little narrower than the head, longer than broad, narrowed behind, the 

 anterior angles broadly rounded, the sides with three setae. Elytra as long as 

 and scarcely wider than the thorax at the anterior angles, narrowly bordered 

 with testaceous posteriorly, coarsely, closely, ai d simply punctured, the inter- 

 spaces smooth and shining. Abdomen elongate, shining, coarsely and closely 

 punctured, especially at the bases of the segments; 7th and 8th segments 

 almost smooth ; anal styles reddish-testaceous. 



S . tith ventral segment with a deep, parallel-sided excision of the 

 posterior border, the apex of which is rounded : 5th with a moderately 

 broad triangular excision of the posterior margin, and a deep rounded impres- 

 sion anterior thereto. 



Hab. Colombo, Kandy, Nuwera Eliya (G. Leicis). 



Astenits taprohamis, n. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, rufo-testaceous, a little shining, the suture of the elytra 

 very narrowly blackish in the posterior half; antennae and legs yellow. 



