100 PROSTOMIS SCHLEGELII. 



NOTE XII. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF PROSTOMIS 



(CUCUJID.E) FROM CEYLON AND A SHORT 



ACCOUNT OF ITS LARVA. 



A. SIDNEY OLLIPF. 



Prostomis Schlegelii, spec. uov. 



Elongate, much depressed, narrowed behind, bright 

 reddish brown , shining. Head very broad , moderately 

 convex, obliquely narrowed behind the eyes, which are 

 rather large and prominent , very finely and sparingly 

 punctured on the disc, the punctures rather stronger near 

 the margins and much closer and somewhat stronger be- 

 hind the eyes , with a rather feebly impressed and punc- 

 tured line at the base not reaching the sides; epistoma 

 extremely finely and sparingly punctured, with a distinct 

 impression at the base ; mandibles large , moderately con- 

 vex , somewhat finely punctured and coriaceous , strongly 

 dentate and the apex bifid; jugular processes sinuous, only 

 slightly converging anteriorly. Prothorax transverse, ex- 

 tremely finely and sparingly punctured on the disc , more 

 strongly near the sides, the median line very indistinct; 

 all the angles rounded; sides feebly arcuate. Scutellum 

 impunctate. Elytra nearly twice as long as the head (ex- 

 clusive of the mandibles) and prothorax together, consid- 

 erably narrowed behind, moderately strongly punctate 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseiiixi, Vol. VI. 



