ADOEETUS. 307 



pygidium is densely, and the lower surface of the body and the 

 legs are less densely, clothed with fine hair. 



It is elongate-ovate and convex, with a close sculpturing of 

 the upper surface, which is almost hidden by the scaly covering. 

 The clypeus is semicircular, the pronotuni moderately rounded at 

 the sides, with the front angles nearly right angles and the hind 

 angles obtuse. The elytral cost;ia are feeble and the epipleur® 

 not developed. There is a sharp continuous carina along each 

 side of the abdomen, and the hind margin of the propvgidium is 

 also sharply elevated and united to the lateral carina by a short 

 ridge on each side which cuts off the last spiracle. The carina 

 thus formed exactly coincides with the outer edges of the elytra. 

 The front tibia bears three not very strong external teeth, the 

 longer claw is minutely cleft in the front and middle feet, and 

 the shorter claw of the hind foot is less than half the length 

 of the other. The antennae are 10-jointed, joints 3-5 equal, 

 6 longer. 



d . The clypeus is small, and the eyes very prominent but not 

 very large. The pygidium is clothed with long erect hairs, which 

 converge to form a pointed conical tuft. 



2 ■ The pygidium has a small depression at its apex, and the 

 hairy covering is not long or erect. 



Length, 12-14 mm. ; breadth, 5"5-7 mm. 



Cetlox : Madulsima {E. E. Green) ; Kalupahani, near Haldam- 

 muUa. 



Tyije in the British Museum. 



3:^3. Adoretus leo. 



AdoreUis leo, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii, 1911, p. 364. 



Chestnut-red with the elytra bright yellow, except the margins, 

 which are rather broadly red externally and very narrowly along 

 the base and suture. The head and prothorax are lightly metallic. 



The body is moderately elongate, convex and clothed with 

 decumbent whitish setae, A^hich are rather scanty above, except 

 on the scutellum, the apical margins of the elytra and the 

 pygidium : there are also a few scattered erect hairs. The 

 clypeus is fairly large, rugose, with the margin semicircular, 

 and the forehead is strongly and closely punctured. The pro- 

 notum is moderately short, coarsely and closely punctured, with 

 the sides rounded, the front angles acute and the hind angles 

 obtuse. The scutellum is moderately closely punctured and 

 setose, and the elytra are rather lightly punctured, except at the 

 sides, with slightly indicated double rows of regular punctures. 

 The pygidium is finely punctured ; the sides of the metasternum 

 are closely pitted and the middle smooth. There is a sharp 

 continuous carina extending along each side of the abdomen 

 and coinciding with the outer margin of the elytra. The pos- 

 terior edge of tlie propvgidium is also sharply raised and united 



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