234 CERAMBTCID.E, 



punctured, the side of the elytron external to it sparsely punctulate, 

 and the space between it and the suture almost impunctate ; apex 

 of each elytron truncate, with a short tooth at the outer angle. 

 Body beneath with a covering of greyish or greyish-white silky 

 pubescence. First abdominal segment not longer in the $ than 

 the next two united. 



Lenfith 14-15 : breadth 4 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



263. Homalomelas qiiadrideiitatus, sp. n. 



Very like H. gracilipes, Parry, in colour and markings, but \\itli 

 an oblique white baud, instead of two spots, at the middle of each 

 elytron, a white line that extends along the suture from the pre- 

 apical band to the apex, and the middle white spot at the base of 

 the pronotum triangular in form and more distinct. Antennje 

 of 5 extended by the last two joints past the apex of the elytra ; 

 the joints from the sixth to the tenth more strongly angulate than 

 in gracilipes. Prothorax widest at the middle, scarcely longer 

 than broad, finely wrinkled above, with the ridges all more or less 

 contorted, none directly transverse. Elytra each with two short 

 teeth at the apex ; a dorsal costa feebler than in riracilipes, less 

 densely punctate and not extending past tlie median band ; the 

 sutural area sparsely and finely punctate. Episterna of meso- 

 and metathorax covered with white pubescence, the sterna less 

 densely clothed with grey pubescence; first abdominal segment 

 aud narrow bands at the sides of the next three greyish white ; 

 first segment longer in the 2 than the next three united. 



Length 12| ; breadth 3^ mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



264. Homalomelas zouatus, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) V, p. 23 



(1859). 



Black, slightly tinged with bluish or violaceous ; prothorax with 

 a basal pubescent white band which curves downwards and for- 

 wards on each side ; scutellum white : elytra marked each Avith 

 an obliquely transverse white band at the middle and a transverse 

 spot or band at the apex. Prothorax granulated above, not 

 wrinkled, the granules more or less elongated transversely and of 

 unequal size. Elytra glossy on posterior half, densely punctulate 

 near the base, strongly but not very densely punctate along the 

 feebly raised costa which runs obliquely backwards from the 

 shoulder to the middle ; each elytron tnmcate at the apex, with a 

 feeble tooth at the outer angle. First two abdominal segments 

 with a broad greyish-\^hite band at the posterior border ; first 

 segment in the $ not longer than the next two united. 



Length 13-15 ; breadth 4 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



