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little longer than broad, 7th and 8th moniliform, 9th and 10th somewhat trans- 

 verse, 11th conical. Thorax as broad as the head, one-sixth broader than long, 

 the sides nearly straight, gradually converging behind to the rounded posterior 

 angles ; disc before the scutellum with a short raised smooth line, lightly im- 

 pressed on either side ; puncturatioii tiiier than that of the head ; pubescence 

 scanty, yellowish. Elytra a little broader than, and fully half as long again 

 as the thorax, longer than broad, with a broad ill-defined pitchy fascia across the 

 disc, leaving the base narrowly and the posterior margin more broadly reddish - 

 testaceous ; puncturation as coarse and close as on the thorax, but more super- 

 ficial ; pubescence yellow, moderate. Abdomen moderately coarsely and pretty 

 closely punctured anteriorly, much more finely so posteriori}', somewhat closely 

 covered with j-ellowish pubescence throughout. 



Hal}, Balangoda, alt. 1770 feet ( G. Lewis). 



Medon hasalis, n. sp. 



Red, shining, the elytra reddish-testaceous, the posterior half black, the 

 abdomen reddish-brown ; antennae and legs reddish-testaceous. Length 4 mm. 

 Allied to M. brimncus Er., but with the head and thorax broader, the antennae 

 shorter, and the elytra differently coloured. Head large, transversely quadrate, 

 the eyes small, the base emarginate, the temples rounded ; puncturation coarse, 

 close, obsoletely umbilicate in front, less coarse and more obsolete posteriorly 

 and on the temples, the interspaces without ground-sculpture. Antennae with 

 the Sl'd joint a little longer than the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th longer than broad, 

 gradually decreasing in length, 7th and 8th as long as broad, 9th and lOtli 

 scarcely transverse. Thorax a little narrower than the head, somewhat trans- 

 verse, the anterior angles briefl}^ rounded, the sides gradually convergent 

 backwards to the broadly rounded posterior angles ; disc with a tine impressed 

 median line throughout ; puncturation coarse and close, as on the front of the 

 baad, obsoletely umbilicate ; pubescence scanty. Elytra a little longer and 

 broader than the thorax, longer than broad, the anterior half reddish-testaceous, 

 the posterior portion black, without, however, a definite line of demarcation ; 

 puncturation moderately coarse, but superficial and rather close, pubescence 

 scanty. Abdomen reddish, moderately finely and somewhat closely punctured 

 iiateriorly, more sparingly so posteriorly ; pubescence yellowish, moderate. 



(S . 7th ventral segment with a deep acutely triangular excision. 



Hal. Dikoya, alt. 3800-4200 feet {G. Lewis). 



Neobisnius rujipennis, n. sp. 



Black, shining, the elytra red ; antennae brown, the first two joints testa- 

 ceous ; legs testaceous, the intermediate and posterior tibiae, and sometimes 

 the femora, a little infuscate. Length 4'75-5 mm. Head black, shining, 

 almost square, the eyes moderately large, their diameter considerably less than 

 the leugth of the temples, which are rounded posteriorly ; the front and a broad 

 space extending the length of the vertex impunctate, the rest of the upper 

 surface with large scattered punctures, the temples finely and sparingly 

 punctured; pubescence yellow, rather long and scanty. Antennae with the 

 "lid joint shorter ihan the Sid, the 4th slightly longer than bioad, the 5th to 



