TRICLIOXA. 471 



apex, deeply punctate-striate, interior of punctures dark, inter- 

 stices smooth. Femora dentate, the anterior femora strongly so. 



Length 4-4^ mm. 



Hal. Bengal: Konbir ; Bombay; Belgaum, Kanara ; Malabar 

 Coast. 



Principally distinguished by the close and strong puncturation 

 of the thorax. The latter is frequently stained with piceous at 

 the sides. 



812. Tricliona laevicollis, Jac. (Rhyparida) P.Z.S. 1887, p. 75. 



Obscure fulvous. 



Head impunctate ; eyes very large, the space dividing them 

 narrower than their diameter, their inner margins deeply notched 

 clypeus separated from the face by only a few punctures 

 antennae fulvous, nearly as long as the body, the fourth joint 

 longer than the third, the third joint longer than the second, the 

 following joints slightly thickened, their apices stained with 

 fuscous. Thorax transverse, the sides rounded, the angles distinct, 

 the surface entirely impunctate or with a few microscopically 

 fine punctures. Elytra with a distinct depression below the base, 

 the latter somewhat swollen, the surface deeply punctate-striate 

 on the anterior portion, more finely punctured towards the apices. 

 The anterior and posterior femora dilated into a strong triangular 

 tooth, the intermediate femora minutely dentate ; claws bifid. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hub. Ceylon : Galle. 



T. Icevicollis may be recognized by the large and closely approxi- 

 mate eyes and the impunctate thorax, in connection with the 

 strongly dentate anterior and posterior femora ; the elytra have 

 the basal portion more distantly punctured than the rest of the 

 surface, and the shoulders are entirely devoid of pnncturation, but 

 bounded within by a deep line of closely approximate punctures, 

 the punctures being more widely placed below the elytral 

 depression ; the general colour varies from pale to dark fulvous, 

 the sides and the suture are sometimes stained with piceous. 



This species, on account of the strong femoral tooth, is most 

 probably a Tricliona, although I have not now the type before me 

 to verify this ; in Rhyparida the femora are either unarmed or 

 have but a minute tooth. 



813. Tricliona glabricollis, nom. nov. 



Tricliona laevicolli.s, Jac. (nee Jac. isuprti) Mem. Sue. Ent. Bdy. vii, 

 1900, p. 110. 



Fulvous; thorax nearly impunctate; elytra closely punctate- 

 striate, the interstices slightly wrinkled at the sides. 



d . Head with a few fine punctures, longitudinally grooved 

 between the eyes ; the clypeus indistinctly separated from 

 the face, punctured like the head ; antennae fulvous, the 



