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  Mr. 
  G. 
  J. 
  Arrow 
  on 
  the 
  Cei/lonese 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Ceylon 
  : 
  Trincomali 
  (E. 
  E. 
  Green, 
  Sept. 
  1910) 
  ; 
  

   N'niunai 
  {E. 
  E. 
  Green, 
  May 
  1909). 
  

  

  A 
  pair 
  from 
  the 
  Fusa 
  Research 
  Institute 
  collection 
  are 
  

   labelled 
  "Calcutta 
  (C. 
  E. 
  Preseley, 
  12th 
  Oct., 
  1909) 
  '' 
  ; 
  but 
  

   I 
  ratlier 
  hesitate 
  to 
  accept 
  this 
  locality 
  without 
  further 
  

   confirmation. 
  

  

  Brown, 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  decumbent 
  grey 
  setse, 
  wliich 
  

   form 
  alternate 
  denuded 
  and 
  densely 
  covered 
  patches 
  upon 
  

   the 
  elytra. 
  The 
  apical 
  protuberances 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  and 
  slightly 
  tutted, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  strong 
  tubercles 
  

   upon 
  the 
  pygidium 
  before 
  the 
  extremity, 
  which 
  bear 
  thick 
  

   tufts 
  of 
  white 
  setse. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  small 
  and 
  narrowly 
  elongate, 
  densely 
  and 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured 
  above 
  and 
  beneath. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  large, 
  with 
  

   prominent 
  eyes 
  and 
  broadly 
  semicircular 
  clypeus. 
  The 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  are 
  moderately 
  rounded, 
  the 
  front 
  angles 
  

   slightly 
  acute, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  very 
  obtuse. 
  The 
  elytral 
  

   epipleurge 
  are 
  not 
  developed. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  rather 
  short, 
  the 
  

   hind 
  pair 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  thick. 
  The 
  front 
  tibia 
  is 
  armed 
  

   with 
  three 
  short 
  teeth, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  further 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  

   than 
  that 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  sharp 
  

   notch. 
  The 
  larger 
  claw 
  is 
  minutely 
  cleft 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  

   middle 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  shorter 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  foot 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  longer 
  one. 
  The 
  anteunre 
  are 
  10- 
  

   jointed, 
  joints 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  (J. 
  The 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  tibia 
  are 
  very 
  small. 
  The 
  

   tufts 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  very 
  prominent, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   well-marked, 
  smooth, 
  denuded 
  area 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  

  

  Adoretiis 
  ermineiis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Omnino 
  testaceus, 
  supra 
  crebre 
  albo- 
  aut 
  flavo-setosus 
  efc 
  squamosus, 
  

   scutello 
  elytrorumque 
  lateribus 
  et 
  parte 
  apicali 
  densissime 
  squa- 
  

   niosis, 
  pygidio 
  dense, 
  corpora 
  subtus 
  magis 
  laxe 
  albo-birsutis 
  : 
  

   eloDgato-ovalis, 
  convesus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12-14 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  5*5-7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon: 
  Madulsima 
  {E. 
  E. 
  Green); 
  Kalupahani, 
  

   near 
  Haldummulle. 
  

  

  Testaceous, 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  above 
  with 
  white 
  or 
  pale 
  

   yellow 
  scaly 
  decumbent 
  setse, 
  which 
  become 
  gradually 
  more 
  

   dense 
  towards 
  the 
  hinder 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  are 
  extremely 
  

   dense 
  upon 
  the 
  scutelluni 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

   The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  densely, 
  and 
  tlie 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   and 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  less 
  densely, 
  clothed 
  with 
  tine 
  hair. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  elongate-ovate 
  and 
  convex, 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  sculpturing 
  

  

  