Coleopteroun Famiti/ DermestiJtt*. I 11 



Hub. Ceylon : Kandy, Dikoya, 3800-4200 ft. (December 

 1881 to Februaiv 188'J). 



Five spoiiiiKMis colh-ctcd by Mr. George Lewis seem to be 

 all males. Tiie terminal joint of the antiMina innli^litly ovate 

 unci not very large. Tlie last visible (fiftli) ventral segment 

 lias on eaelt side of its posterior margin two sharp spines 

 placed not far apart. 



It is a black species, with the sides of the pronotum clothed 

 with long and close grey hair, ami three tiunsverse nearly 

 straight bands of similar hairs c.»mnu»n to both elytra — the 

 first banil at the base, the second before and the third behind 

 the midille. The middle bund is nearer to the first than the 

 third. The legs are black and the tarsi and antennae alone 

 red. 



Orj/hinus j'unestiis, sp. n. 



Niger, aiitennis tardisque tlavidis ; convexus, sat lute ovatus, dorao 

 subtiliter, extus crebre et rugose, puuctulatiis, uridiijue baud 

 dense griseo-setosus ; pronoti lubo postico valido sut aiigusto. 



Long. 2 mm, 



flab. Ceylon: Dikoya, 3800-4200 ft. (Dec. ISSl, Jan. 

 1882). 



Two specimens were found by Mr. G. La^vis, one of each 

 sex. 



This is another small black species, with a close general 

 resemblance to 0. oithiops. It is more convex and globular, 

 finely but more closely and rugosely punctured. The lobe of 

 the pronotum is stronger, rather nariow, and more rounded 

 at the end. The antenniu are longer and the tenninal joint 

 of the male is smaller, but completely round. Tliat of the 

 female differs only in size. 



Orjihinus niiidmus, sp. n. 



Niger, uitidus, subtiliter baud dense grieeo-setosus, pronoto elytro- 

 rumquo fasciis tribiis integris fere rcctis (prima marginidi) 

 capillis albidis longioribus sat sparsis ornatis, tarsis anteniiisquo 

 tiavescentibus ; parvus, ovatus, valde convexus, pronoto postice 

 fortiter lobato, lobu I'ere truncato. 



Long. 1*5 mm. 



Hub. N.W. AUSTKALIA : Roobuck Hay, Baudin Point, 

 Parry I., Baudin I. 



One specimen was taken in each b)cality by Commander 

 J. J. Walker. 



It is a very small species resembling 0. quornensi's, Blackb., 

 Ann. i.t' .!/(/</. X. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xv. 30 



