Scolyticljey)'om Ceylon. 325 



Platypus soUdus, Walker, 



cJ. Platypus solidus, Walk. Ann. Nat. Hist. (3) iii. p. 261 ; Chap. 



Mon. Plat. p. 267, $ . 

 2 . Platypus pilifrons, Chap. Mon. Plat. p. 265, (S . 



Hah. Cejlon, Dikoya, Colombo ; India, Belgaurn, Kanara 

 {Andrewes). Generally distributed through the Oriental 

 region. 



The numerous examples I have seen of P. solidus and 

 P. pilifrons taken together in different localities in India, 

 Ceylon, &c., satisfy me of the correctness of Chapuis's suppo- 

 sition that they are sexes of the same species. 



Platypus furcatus, sp. n. 



Piceus vel ferrugineo-piceus, prothorace suboblongo ; elytris striato- 

 punctatis, apice iufuscato, breviter piloso. 



(S . Fronte subconcava, opaca, rugosa ; prothorace sparsim fortiter 

 punctato, punctis ad apicem et in medio ante suicum confertiori- 

 bus, sulco brevi, anteriiis latiore ; elytris ad apicem atteuuatis 

 et in processus productis, interstitiis vix convexis, snbimpunc- 

 tatis, 2° prgeter limbum internum seriato-puuctato, in apice 

 obliquo opacis pilosis, striis obsoletis ; processibus declivibus, 

 divaricatis et angulo acuto separatis, desuper aspicienti triquetris, 

 spinula media longiore. 



Long. 4-5 millim. 



$ . Fronte latiore, concava, subopaca, rugulosa ; prothorace sparsim 

 subtilius punctato, sulco congerie lata cordiformi punctis in- 

 aequalibus anterius majoribus composita circumdato ; elytris 

 elongatis, prothorace duplo amplius longioribus, interstitiis con- 

 vexis, baud alteruatis, ad basin modo punctulatis, 3", 5° ibi 

 elevatis, transverse granulatis ; apice rudi, striis obliteratis, im- 

 pressione postica in singulo elytro geque longa quam lata, 

 granulata, subtus impressa, margine apicali convexo. 



Long. 4-6-4-8 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon, Dikoya. Several examples. 



This species is intermediate between P. oxyurus^ Duf., and 

 P. solidus, Walk., and requires careful discrimination from 

 either. The male differs from P. oxyurus $ by its shorter 

 prothorax, less convex elytral interstices, and by the apical 

 processes appearing simple when viewed from the side, tri- 

 quetrous from above ; in P. oxyurus the reverse is the case. 

 From P. solidus (^ it is distinguished by greater length, 

 coarser thoracic punctuation, indistinct punctuation of the 

 elytral interstices, and the divergent apical processes. It is 

 smaller than P. Severini, Blandf., has a narrower, more 

 scantily and coarsely punctured prothorax ; the elytra are 

 more attenuate behind, the apical processes are longer, more 



