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the 7th as long; as broad, the 8tli to the 10th scarcely transverse, 11th oTal, 

 Thorax narrower than the head, a little longer than broad, the anterior angles 

 obtuse, the sides gradually convergent to the rounded posterior angles; disc 

 with a broad impnuctate median space throughout and externally with large 

 and scattered puncturation ; pubescence scanty and moderatelv long. Elvtra 

 red, as long as but broader tiian the thorax, longer than broad ; puncturation 

 fine, by no means close ; pubescence scanty, moderately long. Abdomen 

 elongate, black, the apex pitchy, the bases of the first four visible segments 

 especially, coarsely and closely punctured, more finely and sparingly punctured 

 posteriorly ; pubescence moderately long and scanty. 



Hah. Nuwera Eliya, alt. 6230-8000 feet ( a. Lewis). 



Fliilonthus iripu7ictatus, n. sp. 



Black, shining, the elytra aeneous-bronze, the abdomen iridescent; thorax 

 with dorsal series of three punctures. Length 10 mm. Very closely allied to 

 P. hipunctatits Bernh., but differing in the following respects : the more strongly 

 transverse penultimate joints of the antennae, which are nearly twice as broad 

 as long; the rather broader thorax, the disc of which carries three rather small 

 punctures; and the more finely punctured abdomen and less finely punctured 

 elytra. Head transverse, subquadrate, the median intra-ocular punctures much 

 further apart from one another than from the lateral ones ; the eyes large, their 

 diameter much greater than the length of the temples ; post-ocular punctures 

 three in number, and a single puncture on either side at the base. Antennae 

 black, the 1st joint pitchy beneatli, the 2nd and 3rd joints of equal length, tho 

 4th as long as broad, the 5th to the 10th transverse, gradually increasing in 

 breadth, the penultimate nearly twice as broad as long, the 11th short. Thorax 

 broader than the head, about as long as broad, the sides rounded in front, a 

 little sinuated behind the middle ; disc with a row of three rather small 

 punctures — one on the anterior margin, the 2nd and 3rd separated by a space 

 of the same length as that between the 1st and 2ud, the 3rd situated a little 

 before the middle of the thorax ; externally with two small obliquely placed 

 punctures close together, and one or two near the anterior angles. Scutellum 

 rather coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra as long as and a little broader 

 than the thorax, transverse, shining, obscure bronze-green, moderately finely 

 and somewhat closely punctured, but not so finely as in P. bipnnctatus ; pub- 

 escence short and scanty. Abdomen parallel, black, iridescent, but less so 

 than in P. bipunctatus, and more finely punctured throughout than in that 

 species, finely and not very closely pubescent. Legs black, the femora dark 

 pitchy, tlie first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the last ; anterior tarsi 

 strongly dilated in J , slightly in 5 • 



S . 6th ventral segment with acute triangular emargiuation ; oth ventral 

 segment with a small rounded emargiuation. 



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



JPhilonthus puhipennis, n. sp. 



Black, shining, elytra pitchy, very obscurely greenish-bronze ; thorax with 

 dorsal row of three punctures, the first small, the following larger ; antennae 



