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that of the thorax, outer and inner humeral stria fine and 
complete, dorsal stria almost obsolete, but indications of short 
stria are to be seen near the base, there is no sutural; the 
propygidium and pygidium are finely and evenly punctulate, 
the pygidium is usually distinctly reddish brown, the pro- 
pygidium partly so; the prosternum is broad and the lateral 
strie are divergent at either end ; the mesosternum, marginal 
stria is very fine, complete, and close to the edge, the trans- 
verse stria at the suture is straight and fine and minutely 
crenulate. 
The general form of this species corresponds with 7. rubrt- 
culus, Sch., and 7. acceptus, Mars., from South Africa, and is 
in no way similar to the other known species from Ceylon. 
Hab. Matala and Negambo, Ceylon. 
Captured by Dr. Walther Horn during his visit to Ceylon 
in 1899, and to whom I have had much pleasure in dedi- 
cating the species. 
Saprinus viridipennis, sp. n. 
Ovalis, convexus, nitidus ; pronoto cupreo, margine ciliato, lateribus 
elytrisque viridibus; prosterno levi haud striato; mesosterno 
marginato ; tibiis anticis ciliatis, valide 3-dentatis. 
L, 53-64 mill. 
Oval, somewhat oblong ; thorax brightly copper, with the 
lateral punctured margins greenish ; elytra and the pygidia 
brilliant green, body beneath more obscure ; the head punctu- 
late, stria entire ; the thorax smooth on the disk, with a broad 
lateral band of somewhat coarse and confluent punctures ; the 
elytra are very finely and sparingly punctulate on the apical 
half, the outer humeral stria complete, inner humeral short 
and basal, 1 dorsal long and apically nearly joins the outer 
humeral, 2—5 are nearly equal one to another and are nearly 
two thirds of the elytral length, sutural stria shortened before 
the base; the pygidia are evenly and rather densely punc- 
tured ; the prosternum, the keel has no striw, but is smooth 
and narrows anteriorly; the mesosternum is truncate and 
marginate ; the anterior tibiz have three strong teeth and a 
small basal one, the inner edges of the anterior tibize and 
femora are ciliate. 
Somewhat resembles S. letus, Er., but the thorax is ciliate, 
elytra without any bluish tint, the prosternum is without striz, 
and the dentations of the tibiz are different. 
Hab. Australia (C. Hl. French). 
Examples in the Belgium Museum and in my own cabinet. 
