254 [NoTember, 



black, the legs pitchy. Length 12 mm. Build of P. cinctulus Gr., but the thorax 

 a little broader, the antennae longer and entirely dark, the elytra more finely 

 punctured and more obscurely coloured, the abdomen without iridescence and 

 more finely punctured. Head large, transversely subquadrate, as broad as the 

 thorax, with the median intra-ocular punctures widely separated, and seven or 

 eight lar^'^e punctures behind the eyes, which are large but not prominent. 

 Antennae with the 3rd joint a little longer than the 2nd, the 4th scarcely longer 

 than broad, the oth to the 10th as long as broad and not increasing in breadth. 

 Thorax scarcely transverse, the sides nearly straight in front, a little narrowed 

 and sliglitly sinuate posteriorly ; disc with a row of three punctures on either 

 side, the first small and on the anterior margin, the second and third larger, 

 the latter situated well before the middle; the sides with three punctures, and 

 near the anterior angles are two or three others. Scutellum pretty closely and 

 asperately punctured. Elytra as long as and a little broader than the thorax, 

 scarcely transverse, rather finely and pretty closely punctured, with a fine, 

 rather close, brownish pubescence. Abdomen parallel, entirely black, without 

 trace of iridescence, very finely and moderately closely punctured and pubescent 

 throughdut. Anterior tarsi dilated in cT ( 5 unknown); the first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi as long as the last. 



J. Gth ventral segment with rather deep nearh" semicircular excision. 

 Hah. Kitulgalle, alt. 1700 feet {G. Leiv/s). 



PhilonfJius versicolor, n. sp. 



Black, siiining, abdomen strongly iridescent ; thorax multipunctate on 

 either side; antennae black, the first joint pitchy-testaceous beneath; legs 

 testaceous, the anterior coxae pitchy, tibiae a little infuscaie. Length 9 mm. 

 This species would appear from the description given to be very closely allied 

 to P. eustilbus Er., but to differ in the following respects : the 1st joint of the 

 antennae only is pitchy beneath and the abdominal segments are not reddish at 

 the margins. Head transverse, suborbicular, the eyes large, their diameter 

 much greater than the length of the temples, median inira-ocular punctures 

 wanting, the series represented by a single juxto-ocular puncture on either side ; 

 posteriorly with three or four large punctures in the vicinity of the eyes. 

 Antennae with the 3rd joint a little longer than the 2nd, the 4th to the 10th 

 all distinctly longer than broad and scarcely differing in length or breadth, the 

 11th as long as the preceding. Thorax a little broader than the head, about ns 

 long as broad, the sides almost parallel, the posterior angles broadly rounded ; 

 the disc on either side of the middle with a somewhat irregular row of ten or 

 eleven punctures, external to this the sides are very sparingly and more finely 

 punctured. Scutellum finely and closely punctured and pubescent. Elytra 

 scarcely longer but a little broader than the thorax, slightly transverse, pretty 

 closely and finely punctured and finely but distinctly pubescent. Abdomen 

 gradually narrowed behind, strongly iridescent, finely and sparingly punctured, 

 pubescence rather long and sparing. First joint of the posterior tnrsi longer 

 than the last ; anterior tarsi simple in 5 [ J nnkiiown]. 



Hah. C£YLo:s, district not stated. 



