146 Mr. H. W. Bates on Geodephagous 



Subfainilj Anchomeninm. 



AncJiomenus illocatus. 



A. micanti (Nicol.) primo intuitu similia, sed pedibus flavis etc. 

 valde differt. A. aljpino (Motsch.) magis affinis. Gracilis, piceo- 

 niger, supra seuesceus, pedibus melleo-flavis, palpis et articulis 

 1-3 antennarum flavis plus minusve fusco-maculatis ; thorace 

 parvo, subcordato, ante medium subangulatim leviter dilatato, 

 deinde ad basin subrecte angustato, angulis anticis rectis, posticis 

 rotundatis, margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo, versus basin 

 altiori, foveaque utrinque basali lata i:)rofunde rugulosa ; elytris 

 acute punctuiato-striatis, iuterstitiis plauis, tertio tripunctato ; 

 tarsis 4 posticis utrinque sulcatis. 



Long. 5|-7 millim. S 2 • 



Nuwara Eliya ; shores of the hike. 



Distinguished from the allied species by the yellow colour 

 of the legs ; the trochanters, four anterior coxjBj and tips of 

 the hindmost coxge are also yellow^. In the Siberian A. 

 alpinuSy which has similarly punctured striae, but which is 

 larger and more robust, the tibias only are tawny testaceous. 

 C. dolens (Sahib.) and C. charillus (Bates) are similar to A, 

 illocatus in general form and colour, but have a ditferently 

 shaped, i. e. more quadrate, thorax. Argutor degener and 

 Anchomenus illocatus, Walker (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 1858, 

 ii. pp. 203, 204), both belong to this species. 



Anchomenus ceglonicus. 

 Anchomenus ceylo7iicus, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. ISoO, p. o6. 



Dikoya ; beaten from old branches. 



Motschulsky's description is unusually good. It is necessary 

 only to add that the species is closely allied to the N.W. 

 American A. obsoletus, Say. 



Coljyodes xenos. 



C. mutatori affiuis, at quoad formam C.carJio]?lioro baud dissimilis ; 

 elytris sicut iu hoc convesis, elongato-ovatis. Piceo-niger, nitidus, 

 palpis et antennis fulvo-piceis, pedibus paullo obscurioribus ; capite 

 post oculos gradatim angustato ; thorace elongato-cordato, lateri- 

 bus postice longe sinuatis, angulis posticis rectis (apice obtusis), 

 marginibus sat late es]>lanato-reflexis ; elytris couvexis, elongato- 

 ovatis, basi angustis, apice singulatim acuminatis, acute et sat 

 profunde striatis, iuterstitiis plauis tertio tripunctato. 

 Long. 9 millim. 



Bogawautalawa, April 1st. 



Belongs to Division I. of Chandoir's monograph, 1878. 

 The fourth tarsal joint in all the feet is bilobed, with the exte- 



