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  Mr. 
  G. 
  J. 
  Arrow 
  on 
  the 
  Cefjlonese 
  

  

  joints 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  the 
  sixth 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long, 
  

   and 
  the 
  seventh 
  minute. 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  The 
  antennal 
  club 
  is 
  very 
  long. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  a 
  female. 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  suturalis^ 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Pallide 
  flavus, 
  sufcura 
  elytrali 
  late 
  infuscata, 
  prope 
  scutellum 
  pauIo 
  

   dilatata, 
  capite 
  intra 
  oculos 
  prothoracisque 
  disco 
  plerumque 
  etiam 
  

   infuscatis 
  : 
  elongate- 
  ovatus, 
  modice 
  couvexus, 
  uudiqiie 
  tenuiter 
  

   griseo-pubescens, 
  fortiter 
  baud 
  dense 
  punctatus, 
  subnitidus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7-5-9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  4-4-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon: 
  Wellawaya 
  [E. 
  E. 
  Green, 
  Nov. 
  1905); 
  

   Diyatalawa 
  {T. 
  B. 
  Fletcher, 
  Nov. 
  1908) 
  ; 
  Kelani 
  Valley, 
  

   near 
  Colombo 
  (IF. 
  Braine); 
  Anaradhapura 
  (low 
  country, 
  

   Oct, 
  1911, 
  Calcutta 
  Museum). 
  

  

  Brio-ht 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  elytral 
  suture 
  and 
  usually 
  also 
  the 
  

   forehead 
  and 
  tiie 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  black 
  or 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  sutnral 
  line 
  broad 
  and 
  dilated 
  around 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  

   Tiie 
  dark 
  patches 
  of 
  the 
  liead 
  and 
  thorax 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   divided 
  into 
  two 
  collateral 
  masses. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  elongate-oval, 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  strongly 
  but 
  not 
  

   densely 
  punctured, 
  somewhat 
  shining 
  and 
  moderately 
  closely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  fine 
  grey 
  setse, 
  not 
  closely 
  decumbent. 
  The 
  

   clypeus 
  and 
  forehead 
  are 
  coarsely 
  granulated, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  

   deeply 
  but 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  strongly 
  

   rounded, 
  the 
  front 
  angles 
  nearly 
  right 
  angles, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  

   anp-les 
  very 
  obtuse. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  

   the 
  costas 
  indistinct 
  and 
  the 
  epipleurse 
  not 
  developed. 
  The 
  

   pygidium 
  is 
  clothed 
  upon 
  its 
  apical 
  part 
  with 
  long 
  erect 
  hair. 
  

   The 
  front 
  tibia 
  bears 
  three 
  sharp 
  teeth, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  rather 
  

   nearer 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  than 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  first. 
  The 
  longer 
  

   claw 
  is 
  minutely 
  cleft 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  

   shorter 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  foot 
  is 
  extremely 
  small. 
  The 
  an- 
  

   tennge 
  are 
  10-jointed, 
  joints 
  3-6 
  elongate. 
  

  

  ^. 
  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  narrow 
  and 
  slightly 
  flattened 
  at 
  its 
  

   front 
  edge, 
  and 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  very 
  prominent. 
  

   $ 
  . 
  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  semicircular. 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  celoguter, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Pallide 
  flavus, 
  clypeo 
  tarsisque 
  solum 
  leviter 
  rufescentibus 
  : 
  ovatus, 
  

   compactus, 
  subnitidus, 
  luinutissime 
  ot 
  paree 
  albo-setosus 
  ; 
  capite 
  

   baud 
  dense 
  granulato, 
  clypeo 
  semicirculari, 
  pVonoto 
  parce 
  pimc- 
  

   tato, 
  angulis 
  anticis 
  acutis, 
  posticis 
  nuUis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  leviter 
  cos- 
  

   tatis, 
  intervallis 
  irregulariter 
  punctatia 
  ; 
  abdominis 
  segmentis 
  

   ventralibus 
  medio 
  tuberculatis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8-5-9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  4-5- 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  