﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  Oenus 
  Adoretus. 
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  1 
  

  

  clothed 
  with 
  fine, 
  rather 
  long, 
  grey 
  decumbent 
  hairs, 
  inter- 
  

   spersed 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  longer 
  erect 
  hairs. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  elongate 
  and 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  head, 
  

   very 
  pioniinent 
  eyes, 
  and 
  semicircular 
  clypeus, 
  which 
  is 
  

   closely 
  granulated. 
  The 
  forehead 
  and 
  pronotum 
  are 
  deeply 
  

   and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  straight 
  in 
  

   front 
  and 
  the 
  angles 
  right 
  angles, 
  strongly 
  rounded 
  behind 
  

   and 
  the 
  angles 
  very 
  obtuse. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  strongly 
  and 
  

   closely 
  but 
  not 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  costte 
  rather 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  and 
  the 
  epipleurse 
  undeveloped. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  long 
  erect 
  hair. 
  The 
  trout 
  tibia 
  hilars 
  three 
  

   sharp 
  but 
  not 
  strong 
  equidistant 
  teeth 
  ; 
  the 
  longer 
  claw 
  is 
  

   minutely 
  cleft 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  shorter 
  

   claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  foot 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   longer. 
  1'he 
  antennae 
  are 
  10-jointed, 
  joints 
  3 
  and 
  6 
  longer 
  

   than 
  4 
  and 
  5. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  The 
  body 
  is 
  much 
  narrower 
  in 
  shape, 
  the 
  eyes 
  larger, 
  

   and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  smaller 
  than 
  iu 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  mus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Fuscus, 
  elj'tris 
  brunneis, 
  femoribus 
  abdomineque 
  subtus 
  plerumque 
  

   testaceis 
  : 
  minutus, 
  elongatus, 
  setis 
  griseis 
  erectis 
  et 
  decumbenti- 
  

   bus 
  tequabter 
  vestitus, 
  capite 
  minute 
  rugoso, 
  clypeo 
  semicirculari, 
  

   proDoto 
  modice 
  punctato, 
  elytris 
  rugose 
  punctatis, 
  absque 
  costis 
  ; 
  

   pygidio 
  ubique 
  erecte 
  pubescente. 
  

  

  Loug. 
  5*5-6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ilab. 
  Ceylon 
  : 
  Diyatalawa 
  {T. 
  Bainhrigge 
  Fletcher, 
  Sept. 
  

   1908). 
  

  

  Daik 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  nearly 
  black, 
  and 
  

   the 
  femora 
  and 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  generally 
  yellow. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  nanow- 
  bodied 
  species, 
  moderately 
  

   thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  rough 
  grey 
  pubescence, 
  with 
  

   infeiniingled 
  erect 
  hairs, 
  the 
  pygidium 
  entirely 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   long 
  erect 
  hair. 
  The 
  liead 
  is 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  rugose, 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  rather 
  large 
  and 
  semicircular. 
  The 
  pronotum 
  is 
  

   moderately 
  closely 
  putictured, 
  the 
  fjont 
  angles 
  slightly 
  and 
  

   the 
  hind 
  angles 
  very 
  obtuse. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  rugosely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  and 
  devoid 
  of 
  costse 
  and 
  of 
  lateral 
  carinae. 
  The 
  front 
  

   tibia 
  bears 
  three 
  ntaily 
  equidistant 
  teetii, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  

   feeble 
  and 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  longer 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  is 
  minutely 
  cleft, 
  and 
  the 
  shorter 
  claw 
  

   of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsus 
  is 
  less 
  tiian 
  half 
  the 
  lengtli 
  of 
  the 
  longer 
  

   one. 
  Tiie 
  antennae 
  are 
  long, 
  the 
  third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  

  

  