320 



CEEAMBl'CID.E. 



below the base of the antennoj ; front vertical, a httle narrowed 

 between the eyes. Antenute longer than the body in the S . equal 

 to or slightly longer than the body in the 5 ; fourth joint shorter 

 than the third or fifth. Prothorax subcyliudrical, a httle longer 

 than broad. Elytra truncate at the apex. Legs subequal in 

 length ; femora pedunculate and clavate, the hind pair not extended 

 to the apex of the elytra; first joint of tarsi shorter than the 

 second and third united. Front coxje globular, their acetabula 

 closed posteriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae shut off from the 

 epiaiera. 



393. Iresioides moesta, Pascoe (Obrium), Trmis. Ent. Soc. (-2) T, p. 2C) 

 (18oU). 



5 . Brownish in colour, covered above with short, yellow ish-grey, 

 silky pubescence, so arranged on the elytra as to exhibit darker 

 and lighter bands according to its greater or less denseness ; body 

 beneath covered with silvery-grey pubes- 

 cence. Head closely punctured, nearly 

 flat between the antennal supports. An- 

 tennte as long as the body, reddish brown ; 

 the third to sixth joints at the apex, and 

 the succeeding joints entirely, dark 

 brown. Prothorax scarcely longer than 

 broad, feebly rounded at the sides, densely 

 puuctate, furnished with a short trans- 

 verse carina on the middle of the disc. 

 Elytra distinctly but not very closely 

 punctured, narrowed and subtruncate at 

 the apex, ^ith the outer angles rounded 

 off. Legs subequal in length, vary in 

 colour from testaceous to dark brown, the 

 tarsi more or less blackish. Last abdominal segment extended 

 some distance beyond the apex of the elytra. 

 Lcnr/th 7-11 5 ; breadth 2-3 mm. 

 Bah. Ceylon : Dikoya district (G. Leivis). 



Fig. 107. 



Iresioides viocsfa, Pasc, 5 



X 5. 



394. Iresioides brunnea. Thorns. Syst. Ceramb. p. 547 (1865). 



Very like /. moesta, Pasc. ; differs only in the elytra, \\hich are 

 uniformly pubescent, not banded in any way, the pubescence 

 somew hat shorter and less glossy. In the male the antennae are a 

 little longer than the body and the last ventral segment is covered 

 by the elytra. 



Lemitll 6^-9 ; breadth 2-2^ mm. 



Hah. Ceylon : Dikoya disfrict {G. Lewis). 



It is probable that this species, founded upon male specimens 

 only, is not distinct from /. mocnia, Pasc, and that the differences 

 between the two are entirely sexual. 



