(icnera and species of Languriidce. 313 



dealing with the Ceylon Lanriur'ue the great difficulty 

 lies in Motschiilsky's descriptions, which are very in- 

 complete, and in some cases will have probably to be 

 ignored. 



The following species, also from Ceylon, I discovered 

 in the British Museum, with the MS. name, L. 

 decrescens, Walker, attached ; it has not, however, been 

 described, and, as the name decrescens is rather a mis- 

 leading one, as the elytra are not as strongly narrowed 

 to apex as in many other species, I have adopted another. 



Lam/uria Walkeri, n. s. 

 Piceus, capite sat magno evidenter punctate, antennis robiTstis, 

 clava distincte 4-articulata; prothorace subquadrato, lateribus 

 antice rotundatis, postice contractis, fortms et diffusius punctatis, 

 basi ad medium depressa et utrinque striola sat longa impressa ; 

 elytris obscuiioribus, leviter punctate striatis, apicibus oblique 

 truncatis ; pedibus piceis, crassioribus, tarsis dilatatis ; corpora 

 subtus piceo. L. lOi mm. 



Entirely pitchy, shining; head rather large, plainly punctured ; 

 antennae rather stout, with plain four-jointed club; prothorax sub- 

 quadrate, with sides rounded in front and contracted behind, rather 

 strongly and diffusely punctured, with a well-marked depression in 

 the middle of the base, and a plain and rather long stria on each 

 side ; elytra gradually narrowed to apex ; apices obliquely truncate ; 

 legs pitchy, rather stout ; tarsi much dilated ; under side pitchy. 



Ceylon; taken by Dr. Thwaites. A very distinct 

 species. In the British Museum collection. 



Laiifinria ohlonfja, n. s. 



Nigra, oblonga, sat parallela; capite sat magno, triangulari, 

 fortiter punctato, antennis crassis, brevioribus, clava minus dis- 

 tincta, 4-articulata; prothorace subquadrato, latitudine longiori, 

 lateribus antice rotundatis ad basim leviter sinuatis, evidenter 

 marginato, diffusius et fortius punctato, ad medium late longitudi- 

 naliter impresso, basi depressa utrinque obhqua striola longissima in- 

 structa ; scutello sat magno ; elytris oblongis, parallelis, ad apicem 

 vix angustatis, ordinibus punctorum fortius seriatim dispositis, 

 apicibus truncatis ; corpore subtus cum pedibus nigro, prosterno 

 fortissime transversim rugoso. L. 16 mm. 



Elongate-oblong, entirely black on both upper and under surface ; 



