374 Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleoptera. 



Tribe Harpalid.e? 

 Lejnthrix, n. g., N. 



Corpus oblongum, robustum, subcouvexum. Caput ovatum, 

 mediocre ; oculis semiglobosis, prominulis. Mcntum leviter sub- 

 semilunariter emargiuatum, lobis extus rotundatis, dente vel parvo, 

 obtuso Tcl nuUo. Ligula mediocris, cornea, oblonge quadrata, apice 

 transversim truncata, libera, paraglossis cylindiicis apice truncatis, 

 sat robustis, marginem ant. paruni superantibus. Palpi articulo 

 ultimo elliptico, truncato. Labrum apicem versus angustatum, apice 

 rotuudatum. Mandibulce validte, apice arcuatae, una uni-, altera bi- 

 dentata. AuteuuK filiformes liumeros parum superautes, art. 2° par- 

 vo, reliquis longitudiue suba^qualibus. Thorax mediocris longitudiue 

 parum latior, autice vix, postice baud emarginatus, lateribus leviter 

 rotundatus, basi parum augustatus, angulis omnibus rotundatis, 

 margine elevato. Elytra ovata, infra med. parum dilatata, apice 

 leviter angustata ct acuminata. Pedes subeequales, tibiis apice bi- 

 calcaratis, calcaribus intus subtiliter serratis, ant. leviter cmarginatis, 

 tarsis 2 ant. art. 1-3 leviter dilatatis gradatim minoribus, art. 1° 

 cylindrico, 2° obcordato, 3° trigono, omnes art. 4° maris bilobo, 

 foBiidnce bifido, art. 5° magno, unguibus validis, simplicibus ; suhtus 

 tarsis 2 ant. art. 1-4, intermed. art. 2-4 squaraularum longepeduu- 

 culatarum seriebus duabus munitis. 



57. Lepithrix foliolosa, N. 



L. glabra, supra obscure brunnea, thoracis elytrorumque limbo tes- 

 taceo, subtus brunneo-testacea, pedibus albidis, antennis art. 3 

 primis flavis, reliquis nigrescentibus, palpis art. ultimo testaceo, 

 reliquis flavis ; thorace ad angulos basales profundius foveolato ; 

 elytris striatis ; prosterno caualiculato. Long. corp. 3-4 lin. 



Specimina nonnulla mens. Octob. prope Colombo nocte ad lumen 

 cepi. 



The internal vesture of the tarsi of these otherwise inconspi- 

 cuous insects constitutes their most important character, and is 

 altogether of a very interesting nature. I proceed at once to 

 describe it at full length, premising that / believe I have both 

 male and female before me. The individual which I take to be 

 the male is smaller and of a darker colour than the other. The 

 legs, with the exception of the tarsi, are the same in both sexes. 

 They ai-e of middhng strength ; the tibiae are furnished with two 

 spurs at the inner side of the apex, which spurs are finely serrated 

 along their inner edge ; the tarsi have joints 1—3 of the first pair 

 slightly dilated ; the posterior pair is elongated, subcylindric ; 

 and the intermediate one forms a passage between the two. 

 Joints 1-3 of the first pair gradually decrease in size, joint 

 1 being at the same time subcylindric, joint 2 rather cordi- 

 form, and joint 3 rather triangular ; joint 4? in all six tarsi is 

 bilobed in the male and bifid in the female, this character being, 

 however, less distinctly expressed in the two posterior tarsi than 



