Stapliylinida of Joy an. 61 



smooth. Scutellum almost impmictate. Elytra a little 

 shorter than the thorax, densely and coarsely punctured. 

 Hind body rather coarsely and closely punctured. Legs 

 yellow, the coxje infuscate ; under side of head opaque, 

 because of a fine, dense indistinct sculj^ture ; besides this, 

 with some rather large widely separated punctures. 



I have seen but two specimens and some fragments of 

 this species ; but, besides, there is another individual which 

 I believe will prove to be the representative of a closely 

 allied but distinct species : it is smaller, has the joints of 

 the antenna shorter, and unspotted ; as it is a female and 

 very closely allied to the preceding species, I will leave its 

 description till other specimens are fomid. 



114. Stilicus ceijlai7ensis,\\.Y. A common and variable 

 species. 



115. Stilicus riifesce7is,\\. sp. Opacus, rufescens, pedi- 

 bus elytrorumque apice testaceis, abdomine piceo ; elytris 

 crebre subtiliter punctatis, disco punctis majoribus adjectis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Allied to S. ceylanensis, but redder in colour, with the 

 elytra more distinctly punctured and less shining, and 

 with a number of additional lai-ge punctures on the disc of 

 each. The elytra also are distinctly longer in proportion 

 to their width than they are in ceylanejisis. In other 

 respects it seems to be very similar indeed to the ceijla- 

 nensis. 



Common. 



116. ScopcBus complex, n. sp. Rufo-testaceus, capite 

 elytrisque pauIo obscurioribus, dense subtilissime punctu- 

 lata ; prothorace basi minus distincte bi-impresso, elytris 

 hoc pavdo longioribus. Long. 1 ^ lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmento 6° ventrali latins profundius- 

 que impresso, apice profunde excise, excisionis lateribus 

 densius breviterque nigro-setosis ; segmento 7° fere sim- 

 plice. 



Antennee rather long and stout, reddish, 3rd joint about 

 as long as 2nd, a little longer than the 4th. Head rather 

 long, quite as broad as the thorax, the Imse truncate ; it is 

 of a dull-reddish colour, generally a little darker in colour 

 than the other parts, extremely finely and densely punc- 



