Sco\ytidse Jroni Ceylon, 323 



These tiiberclea are more conspicuous in a still larger 

 specimen (2-5 millim.) taken at Belgaum by Mr. II. E. 

 An<he\vcs. 



As Eiclilioft" has described under the name A^ dilatatus a 

 form from ^lauritius which differs from the present species 

 by characters precisely similar, it would appear that the two 

 are merely varieties depending on the size of the individual. 



Xyhhorus dentatuSj sp. n. 



$ . Linearis, cylindrica, nitida, ferniginea vel picca, prothoraeis 

 basi rufescente, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, parcissime 

 longius pilosa ; fronte subconvexa, rarius sat fortiter punctata, 

 spatio medio subelevata lajvi ; prothorace oblongo, lateribus sub- 

 l)arallelis, apice fortiter rotundato, dorso medio subnodoso, poste- 

 rius nitido frequenter subtiliter punctulato, punctis in linea media 

 et versus margiuem basalem obsolescentibus ; elytris prothorace 

 scsquilongioribiis, lateribus subparallelis posterius subangustatis, 

 apice medio hand profunde emarginato ; supra lineato-punctatis, 

 linea suturali subimpressa, interstitiis planis vix perspicue seriato- 

 punctatis, 1" tuberculis 2 aut 3 minutis notato, declivitate 

 excavato-retusa, obcordata, fundo subconcavo, nitido, lajvi, 

 ambitu utriuque bituberculato, tuberculis acutis. 

 Long. 3-3'3 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon, Dikoya, Bogawantalawa. Several examples. 



The hairs on the elytra are limited to a very few at the 

 apex ; the terminal excavation is not very oblique nor con- 

 cave, its margin is raised and thickened, and the lower acute 

 tubercle is situated somewhat within it. Between the upper 

 and lower tubercles are usually situated one or two smaller 

 denticles. The apical emargination is narrow and shallow, 

 and the angles which it forms with the posterior margin are 

 thickened, but not tuberculate. 



The species ajjpears allied to X. fallax, Eichli., which 

 differs in possessing three spines on each side of the apical 

 excavation which gradually increase in size. 



Eccoptopterus sex-spinosusy Motsch. 



Ilah. Ceylon, Kitugalle, Dikoya. Four examples. 



This insect appears to be widely distributed. It has been 

 found in Ceylon, Damma Island, Burma, Borneo, Celebes, 

 Batchian and New Guinea. Some specimens from the two 

 latter islands possess one or two smaller spines on the lateral 

 border of the elytral declivity. Tiiis is well-marked in a 

 specimen from Borneo, which has five spines on each elytron. 

 But these subsidiary denticles are not constant, nor even 



