Species of the Genus Adoretus. 589 



of the upper surface which is almost hidden by the scaly 

 coveiing. The clypeus is semicircular, the pronotum mode- 

 rately rounded at the sides, with the front angles nearly 

 right angles and the hind angles obtuse. Tlie elytral costte 

 are feeble and the epipleurae not developed. The front tibia 

 bears three not very strong external teeth, the longer claw is 

 minutely cleft in the front and middle feet, and the shorter 

 claw of the hind foot is less than half the length of the other. 

 The antennae are 10-joiuted, joints 3-5 equal, 6 longer. 



^ . The clypeus is small, and the eyes very prominent but 

 not very large. The pygidium is clothed with long erect 

 hairs, which converge to form a pointed cone. 



? . Tiie pygidium has a small depression at its apex, and 

 the hairy covering is not long or erect. 



Adoretus rugosus, sp. n, 



Toto fusco-brunneus, antennis femoribusque flavis ; sat dense flavo- 

 eetosus, hirtis longioribus interspersis, pygidio pedibus corporeque 

 subtus longe et erecte hirsutis : augustus, parallelus, depressus, 

 supra omnino rugosus, pedibus longis et gracilibus. 



Long. 13*5-l-i'5 mm. ; lat. 6 mm. 



Eah. Cetlon : Maskeliya {E, E. Greeyi, May, August). 



Dark brown, with the antennae and femora yellow. Nar- 

 rowly elongate and parallel-sided, and moderately closely 

 clothed witii rather coarse greyish or yellowish hair, with 

 longer erect hairs interspersed. The pygidium, legs, and lower 

 surface are clothed with rather long upstanding liair. The 

 eyes are exceedingly large and prominent, the clypeus small, 

 semicircular, and granulated, and the forehead and pronotum 

 coarsely and closely punctured, the latter with the sides 

 moderately rounded, the front angles nearly right angles and 

 the iiind angles obtuse. The elytra are entirtly coarsely 

 rugose, without visible punctures, and with only vague indi- 

 cations of the usual costa3. The pygidium is shining and 

 clothed with long erect hairs. The legs and antennae are 

 very long and slender, the front tibia armed with three small 

 but sharp teeth, the uppermost one very minute and more 

 distant from the second than that is from the first. The lono-er 

 claw is clett upon the front and middle feet, and the shorter 

 claw of the hind foot is about half the length of the longer 

 one. 'J'he antennae are 10-jointed, joints 3-6 very elongate. 



(J. The longer claw of the front and middle feet is cleft at 

 a considerable distance from the tip. 



This is one of the larger species of Adoretus. It has con- 

 siderable resemblance to A. sinyhalcnsisj Ohaus, but is larger^ 



