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18 ( 1). Body clothed with hair or scales above. 
19 (24). Clothing consisting of long erect hairs. 
20 (25). Elytra without opaque lateral margins, 
21 (22). Forehead not densely punctured ........ solida, Walker. 
22 (21). Forehead densely punctured ........... . comosa, Karsch. 
23 (20). Elytra with opaque lateral margins...... lateralis, sp. n. 
24 (19). Clothing consisting of scales or sete .... fulvosetosa, sp. n. 
These insects are generally subject to considerable varia- 
tion, and there is no apparent advantage in applying names 
to their various phases, as has been done by Brenske and 
Kolbe. 
The new species named above are here described. 
Apogonia prolixa, sp. n. 
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Obscure senea vel viridi-nigra, tarsis antennisque rufis; robusta, 
modice elongata, convexa, nitida, fere nuda; clypeo brevi, for- 
titer punctato, antice levissime emarginato, fronte parce sed 
profunde, pronoto grosse et parcissime, punctatis, hujus lateribus 
post medium fortiter arcuatis, antice et postice valde contractis, 
angulis anticis acutis, posticis obtusis; scutello elongato, fere 
impunctato; elytris fortiter ac crebre punctatis, lineis discoidali- 
bus 2 geminatis parum perspicuis; pygidio grosse punctato ; 
corpore subtus fortiter, lateraliter crebre punctato; tibiis anticis 
3-dentatis, dente supero obtuso. 
Long. 12 mm.; lat. max. 7 mm. 
Hab. CEYLON: Ambawela (April, Z. /. Green). 
Only a single female specimen was found. 
This is most nearly related to A. rauca, F., but is more 
elongate, the pronotum especially heing narrow and strongly 
contracted in front and behind, so that the general outline is 
less compact. ‘The clypeus is very gently emarginate. The 
puncturation, though equally strong, is much less close than 
in A. rauca. The pronotum is only very scantily punctured 
and the scutellum is long and almost smooth, having only a 
very few minute and inconspicuous punctures, ‘he third 
tooth to the front tibia, although feeble, is very distinctive, 
as there is no trace of it in A. rauea. 
Apogonia gracilis, sp. n. 
Castanea, lateribus nonnunquam dilutioribus, capite (clypeo excepto) 
tibiisque fuscis, corpore subtus, pygidio, femoribus, tarsis an- 
tennisque flavescentibus; elongato-ovata, angusta, nitida, glabra, 
fere nuda; clypeo brevi, fortiter punctato, antice leviter emar- 
ginato, angulis rotundatis ; fronte et vertice parce et irregulariter 
