Scolytidse from Ceylon. 319 



Gryphalus fuliginosus, sp. n. 



Oblougo-ovalis, opacus, fuligineo-fuscus, brevissime pilosus, antennis 

 pedibusque ferrugineis, earuni clava ovali, suturis mediocriter 

 curvatis ; prothorace subhemisphaerico, antice constricto, lateribus 

 modice, apice fortius rotundato, dorso gibboso, auterius plaga 

 tuberculorum mox ad basin angalatim producta asperato, poste- 

 rius lateraliter granulato ; elytris prothorace sesqiii amplius 

 longioribus, ad medium subparallelis, supra convexis, subtilissime 

 striatis, striis impunetatis, interstitiis planis, dense confuse punc- 

 tatis, breviter fuseo-squamosis et serie singula setarum per totum 

 instructis. 



Long, 2'1 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon, Bogawantalawa. One specimen. 



The bodj is covered with very short, close-Jying, smoky 

 brown, hair-like scales. The front has a short median longi- 

 tudinal carina, and is finely and thinly pubescent. The 

 sutures of the antennal club are less strongly curved above 

 than in C. vestitus, and are nearly straight below. The 

 elytral setse are fine, short and inconspicuous. This species 

 is separable from G. vestitus by the absence of long 

 pubescence. 



The collection contains two or three species of Gryphalus^ 

 which I leave undetermined. Eichhoff has described several 

 from India and Burma, all on single specimens, which may 

 be identical with some of these species ; but as his types are 

 not accessible, any attempt at identification would be 

 unsatisfactory. 



SCOLYTOMIMUS, gen. nov. 



Caput rotundatum, obtectum ; oculi ovales, emarginati ; antennarum 

 scapus longus, funiculus perbrevis, B-articulatus, articulis 3°-6"' 

 transversis, latitudine baud crescentibus, clava permagiia, ovalis, 

 compressa, solida, sutura unica obliqua in margine externo 

 incipiente et medium attiuente notata ; meutum oblongum, late- 

 ribus incurvatis, ligula ovali medio inserta, palpis labialibus 

 longis. 



Prothorax transversus, semiorbiculatus, Scutellum magnum. 

 Elytra depressa, posterius vix declivia. Abdomen versus apicem 

 ascendens. 



Coxae anticse approximatse ; tibiae compressse, extus rotundatse, 

 anticae extus serratae ; tarsi reeepti, breves, articulis tribus primis 

 sequalibus. 



The antennal club is three times as long as the funi- 

 culus, irregularly oval, spongy, and pubescent, with a single 

 conspicuous suture beginning on the outer edge near the base 



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