﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  (re/ms 
  Atloretus. 
  583 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon: 
  Anuradhapura, 
  low 
  country 
  (Oct. 
  1911, 
  

   Calcutta 
  Museum). 
  

  

  Pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  tarsi 
  alone 
  slightly 
  

  

  reddish. 
  Rather 
  broadly 
  ovate 
  and 
  depressed, 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  surface 
  shininf?, 
  and 
  bearing 
  only 
  very 
  sparse 
  and 
  minute 
  

  

  white 
  setne. 
  Tlie 
  head 
  is 
  granulated, 
  but 
  not 
  densely, 
  and 
  

  

  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  semicircular. 
  The 
  pronotuni 
  is 
  sparingly 
  

  

  punctured, 
  strongly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  with 
  the 
  front 
  angles 
  

  

  acute 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  completely 
  rounded 
  oflf. 
  The 
  

  

  elytral 
  costse 
  are 
  distinct, 
  the 
  intervals 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  epipleurse 
  not 
  evident. 
  The 
  pygidiuin 
  is 
  clothed 
  

  

  with 
  moderately 
  long 
  erect 
  setae. 
  The 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  

  

  except 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  last, 
  have 
  each 
  a 
  conical 
  protuberance 
  in 
  

  

  *^p. 
  liddle. 
  The 
  front 
  tibia 
  bears 
  three 
  sharp 
  teeth, 
  the 
  

  

  . 
  ". 
  d 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  tirst 
  and 
  divided 
  from 
  

  

  it 
  ■, 
  ;■ 
  an 
  acute 
  notch. 
  The 
  longer 
  claw 
  is 
  cleft 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  

  

  iiiddle 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  shorter 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  foot 
  is 
  

  

  ! 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  longer 
  one. 
  The 
  antennse 
  

  

  i-jointed, 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  fifth 
  joints 
  progressively 
  dimin- 
  

  

  :-^ 
  .", 
  the 
  sixth 
  rather 
  broad. 
  

  

  . 
  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  the 
  eyes 
  more 
  prominent 
  

   n 
  the 
  female. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  much 
  contracted 
  and 
  

   ■ 
  'fed, 
  the 
  ventral 
  tubercles 
  are 
  sharply 
  pointed 
  and 
  that 
  

   penultimate 
  segment 
  large 
  and 
  prominent. 
  

   Tlie 
  abdomen 
  is 
  convex, 
  the 
  ventral 
  tubercles 
  are 
  

   ^> 
  / 
  ;r 
  and 
  not 
  sharply 
  pointed, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  penultimate 
  

   nt 
  is 
  almost 
  absent. 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  corpulentusy 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  3 
  flavus, 
  clypeo 
  tarsisque 
  solum 
  leviter 
  rufescentibus 
  : 
  breviter 
  

  

  :us, 
  convexus, 
  nitidus, 
  minutissime 
  et 
  parce 
  albo-setosus, 
  

  

  ■ 
  ' 
  ite 
  baud 
  dense 
  granulate, 
  clypeo 
  semicirculari, 
  pronoto 
  parce 
  

  

  . 
  etato, 
  angulis 
  anticis 
  fere 
  rectis, 
  posticis 
  nullis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  sat 
  

  

  aite, 
  baud 
  dense 
  punctatis, 
  lineis 
  geminatis 
  distinctis. 
  

  

  .' 
  8*5-10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  5-6 
  mm. 
  

  

  A 
  Ceylon 
  : 
  Trincomali 
  {E. 
  E. 
  Green, 
  Sept. 
  1910). 
  

   • 
  le 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  tarsi 
  alone 
  reddish, 
  

  

  V 
  short 
  and 
  stout, 
  with 
  the 
  surface 
  shining, 
  and 
  bearing 
  

   irery 
  sparse 
  minute 
  setaj. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  large 
  and 
  the 
  

   rather 
  small, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  semicircular 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  

   :ad, 
  sparingly 
  graimlated, 
  and 
  the 
  vertex 
  smooth 
  in 
  the 
  

   e. 
  The 
  pronotuni 
  is 
  sparingly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  front 
  

   I 
  nearly 
  right 
  angles, 
  and 
  tlie 
  hind 
  angles 
  completely 
  

   id 
  off. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  rather 
  finely 
  but 
  not 
  densely 
  

   ired, 
  with 
  distinct 
  double 
  lines 
  of 
  punctures, 
  not 
  

  

  ■ 
  .-. 
  dc 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol 
  xiii. 
  40 
  

  

  