78 LYCIDiE. 



dimidio Lasali flavo, quadricostatis, interstitiis planis, subtiliter ob- 

 solete punetulatis. Long. 2^ lin. 



Hah. Ceylon (Thwaites). 



Antennae velvety, three quarters the length of the elytra, gra- 

 dually tapering from the fourth joint to the apex. Head small. 

 Thorax small, transverse, deeply excavated above. Elytra clear 

 yellow for a little more than lialf their length, a little narrowed in 

 the middle ; each elytron with four narrow slightly-elevated costse ; 

 the intervals flat, very finely and obscurely punctured. 



LYROPiEUS. 



Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 105. 



Woolly and pubescent. Antennae linear, compact, slightly com- 

 pressed, the joints slightly emarginate at the apex. Thorax trape- 

 ziform, with a very slight indication of a mesial elevated line ; the 

 margins broadly reflexed. Elytra narrow at the base, much wider 

 posteriorly ; each elytron with three obscure raised lines (sometimes 

 with an indication of a fourth) : the surface woolly, extremely finely 

 punctured. 



Lyropseus fallax. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 4.) 



Lycus fallax, Walker, Ann. 8,- Mag. N. Hist., 1858, ii. p. 281. 



Niger, dense brevissime pilosus ; thoraco fulvo-rufo, transverse ; 

 elytris fulvo-rufis, postice gradatim latioribus, singulis ncrvis tenui- 

 bus tribus, plaga ante apicem nigra. Long. 4-5 lin. 



Hah, Ceylon (^Tkwaites ^" Purdie). 



Head very small, black above, red beneath. Antennaj very com- 

 pact, linear, compressed. Thorax trapezoidal, the sides gently re- 

 flexed, Bcutellum black. Elytra at the base scarcely wider than 

 the thorax, about twice as broad a little before the apex ; each ely- 

 tron has three fine raised lines, sometimes with an indication of a 

 fourth ; the apex is completely rounded ; before the apex there is a 

 broad black patch or band. 



Var, Rather larger than the typical form : the auteunoe with 

 slightly fulvous pile ; the thorax rather more strongly transverse; 

 the scutellum fulvous red ; the elytra with black extending to the 

 apex. 



DEXORIS. 



Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 105. 



Head nearly as in the preceding genus. Antennae woolly, 

 thickest at the base, gradually tapering to the apex. Thorax tra- 

 pezoidal, with a carina on each side, extending from the anterior 

 angle to the middle of the posterior margin, where the two carinae 



