﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  79 
  

  

  stoutly 
  spined 
  all 
  over; 
  in 
  M. 
  cedipus 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  tive 
  

   large, 
  stout, 
  widely 
  separated 
  spines, 
  these 
  becoming 
  larger 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  in 
  M. 
  Rotlincyi 
  the 
  second 
  basal 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  is 
  stoutly 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  M. 
  cedipus. 
  

  

  FOSSORES. 
  

  

  OXYBELUS 
  CEYLONICUS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  {Yerbiiry). 
  

  

  Approaches 
  nearest 
  to 
  0. 
  squaniosus 
  Sm., 
  with 
  which 
  

   it 
  agrees 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  squama 
  ; 
  but 
  0. 
  squmnosus 
  

   may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  being 
  

   yellow, 
  while 
  here 
  they 
  are 
  black. 
  

  

  Head 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  covered, 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  

   pubescence, 
  especially 
  above, 
  where 
  it 
  assumes 
  a 
  fulvous 
  

   hue. 
  The 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  black 
  above, 
  yellowish 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  its 
  base 
  yellowish, 
  

   blackish 
  above. 
  The 
  clypeus 
  projects 
  and 
  is 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  yellowish 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  piceous 
  between. 
  Thorax 
  

   black 
  ; 
  a 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  tegulae, 
  

   tubercles, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  the 
  squamte 
  on 
  the 
  

   post-scutellum 
  yellow. 
  Mesonotum 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  towards 
  its 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   suture 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  the 
  scu- 
  

   tellar 
  punctures 
  large, 
  widely 
  separated, 
  more 
  numerous 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  where 
  there 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  a 
  stout 
  projection. 
  

   Post 
  scutellar 
  squamae 
  curved 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side, 
  ending 
  in 
  

   a 
  curved 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  squama 
  large, 
  curved 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  longitudinal 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  

   of 
  it 
  with 
  stout 
  striations 
  all 
  clearly 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   roundly 
  incised 
  ; 
  the 
  ends 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  squama 
  is 
  smooth 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  striations, 
  

  

  