Melvlonthine Beetles of Ceylon. 443 
The unique type is a male presented by the Colombo 
Museum. A female specimen taken several years previously 
in the same locality probably belongs to the same species, 
but differs in the shape of the scales and other important 
features. 
It is a more densely sculptured species than S. singalensis 
and rubicundus, and the clothing of scales is also denser, 
especially upon the pronotum. ‘These are much smaller than 
those of S. singalensis, but are similar in size and shape 
to those of S. rubicundus. The elytral coste are less narrow 
and prominent than in the two species mentioned. They 
consist of three well-marked dorsal ones—the first bordering 
the suture—and two very faint lateral ones. The legs, claws, 
and antenne are similar in all three species. The clypeus is 
not narrowed at the base, as in S, singalensis. The pronotum 
is very finely and closely’ rugose and quite opaque, with the 
front angles obtuse but well marked, and the hind angles 
rectangular but blunt. 
Holotrichia disparilis, sp. n. 
Late ferruginea, capite fusco; elongata, convexa, supra nitida, 
capite grosse punctato, vertice rugoso, clypeo arcuato, vix per- 
spicue inciso; pronoto fortiter haud crebre punctato, lateribus 
medio fortiter angulatis antice paulo explanatis, minute crenu- 
latis, angulis anticis paulo productis; scutello utrinque minute 
punctato ; elytris fortiter sat equaliter punctatis, singulo costa 
suturali distincta et tribus discoidalibus parum distinctis preedito, 
partibus apicalibus et lateralibus densius punctatis ; pygidio un- 
dique dense punctato ; pectore longe et dense pallide piloso: 
dg, pedibus paulo gracilioribus : > 
2, elytris apicem versus grosse rugosis. 
Long. 18-21 mm.; lat. max. 9-10 mm. 
Hab. CryLon: Kalupahani, Haldummulle, Kelani Valley, 
near Colombo (W. Braine); Udapursellawa (April, EZ. £, 
Green) ; Hewaheta (March, H. E. Green). 
Alttiough similar in its general form and nearly related to 
H. reynaudi, Bl., this species has a very different appearance, 
due to its shining upper surface and closer puncturation, It 
is most markedly separated from other known species by the 
curious coarsely rugose area near the end of the elytra, but 
this is peculiar to the female. 
As the names of all but one of the four species of 
