ETEONEUS. 



129 



proDOtuiB with three discal lougitudiual carinations, the central 

 one straight, the lateral slightly curved ; heoielytra with the 

 margins of the discoidal area cai'inatelj defined. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Lewis). 



Differs from P. cingalense. Walk., by the less robust antennae, 

 more elongate form, darker coloration, &c. 



Genus ETEONEUS, nov. 



Type, E. dilatatus, Dist, 



Distribution. Teuasserim. 



Antennae slender, pilose, first and second joints short, incras- 

 sate, second shorter than first, third very long, fourth considerably 

 longer than first and second together ; eyes well separated from 

 anterior margin of pronotum ; pronotum with the anterior margin 

 truncate, the anterior angles shortly angulate or spinous, the poste- 

 rior margin longl)^ angulately, posteriorly developed, the lateral 

 angles distinctly spinous, a single central carination, the disk 

 subglobosely gibbous ; hemelytra with the costal area ampliated 

 and composed of small areolets, the discoidal and subcostal areas 

 distinctly defined, somewhat obliquely narrowed posteriorly. 



893. Eteoneus dilatatus, Bist. (Serenthia) Ann. Soc. Ent. Bela. xlvii, 

 p. 46 (1903). 



Head dark castaneous, with an ochraceous spot behind each eye ; 

 antennae brownish-ochraceous, the apical joint piceous ; pronotum 

 castaneous, coarsely punctate, anterior 

 margin ochraceous, behind which is a 

 transverse piceous fascia, apex and a 

 central carina on posterior area ochra- 

 ceous ; elytra pale ochraceous, the areas 

 defined by brownish-ochraceous margins, 

 discoidal and subcostal areas finely gra- 

 nulate, costal and sutural areas finely 

 areolate ; apices of discoidal areas, a 

 transverse central spot to costal area, 

 and disk of sutural area infuscated ; 

 head and sternum beneath dark casta- 

 neous ; legs and abdomen beneath ochra- 

 ceous ; antennae very finely and obscurely 

 pilose ; pronotum with the disk convexly 

 gibbous, distinctly constricted at anterior margin ; elytra mode- 

 rately convexly ampliated at lateral margins, narrowed towards 

 apex. 



Length 3| millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty). 



Fig. 93. 

 Eteoneus dilatatus. 



TOL. II. 



