182 Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Culeoptera. 



anterior tarsi slightly contracted, second and third pair more 

 and more elongated. Penultimate segment of abdomen with 

 a stron" longitudinal i>;roove on the back. 



31. Scydmcmus femoralis, N. 



S. statura et magnitudine prtecedentis ; testaceus. Anteiuife art. 

 3 — 1 suba?(}ualibus, 5 prsecedente longiore, G-8 gradatini miuoribus, 

 subglobosis, 7S apice fortius oblique truncatis, D-ll gradatim 

 majoribus, subglobosis, clavani formantibus. Pal])! maxili. art. 

 ultimo minimo, semigloboso. Thorax magmis, obovatus, basi ro- 

 tundatus, 4-foveolatus. Elytra apice truncata, 2-sinuata. Pedes 

 fenivrilus 2 posticis medio constrictis, tarsis art. 1-4 gradatim 

 niinoribus. 



Of the general appearance of the former, but of a hght yel- 

 lowish colour, and well distinguished by the large thorax, trun- 

 cated elytra, and abnormal construction of the two posterior 

 femora. Antennae with joints 7-8 rather strongly obliquely 

 truncated at the apex, 9-11 forming a club, subglobose, fiat at 

 the base, the last acuminated and sliglitly cut away, or even ex- 

 cavated on the inside at the apex. Last joint of maxillary pal})i 

 semiglobose ; these otherwise the same as in the former. Thorax 

 and elytra of S. alatus, the former, however, larger, rounded at 

 the posterior margin, and with four basal impressions; the latter 

 slightly truncated at the apex, and with a slight sinuosity in the 

 truncature on either side of the suture. Scutellum very small. 

 Legs with the tibiae slightly bent at the base, the apex as in the 

 former; tarsi with joints 1-4 gradually decreasing in size, first 

 pair contracted and furnished w^ith brushes on the inside. The 

 two posterior legs inserted rather distant from each other, the 

 basal part of abnormal construction : the trochanters are much 

 elongated and incrassated at the ti}), whilst the femora are at the 

 place of tlie juncture rather abruptly narrowed, bent and slightly 

 compressed ; as they are at the same time thinner than the ad- 

 joining apex of the trochanter, the constriction is very striking. 



32. Scydmanus Ceylanicus, N. 



.S. alati colore, sed major et magis depressus. Long. corp. f lin. 

 Ca])Ut niaguum, robustum, thoracis latitudine. Autenuaj basi non 

 approxiniutse, ait. 3-1 et 5-7 inter se subaiqualibus, arcum for- 

 iiiuntibus, 8-10 gradatim majoribus, subglobosis, depressis, apice 

 oblique truncatis, 11° magno, conico, 8-11 longius pilosis, clavam 

 formantibus. Palpi maxili. art. 4" miuimo, semigloboso. Thorax 

 ovatus, foveis basalibus nullis. Elytra apice singulatim rotuudata. 

 Pedes validi tarsis art. 1-4 subsequalibus, 2 auterioribus art. 1" 

 subtus acuiiiine sat forti producto. 



An anomalous species, especially with regard to the antennK", 



