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sides of the thorax more narrowly margined, and the posterior angles obtusely right 
angles and somewhat rounded instead of having the right angles sharp and looking a little 
backwards. The colour of the elytra is lurid testaceous instead of ferrugineo-testaceous. 
From Ceylon. 
20. BRACHYPEPLUS NOTATUS. 
B. orientali affinis, sesquiminor, angustior, magis convexus, minus depressus: Fig. 64. 
piceo-brunneus, ore, antennarum basi, prothorace pedibusque ferrugineo- ( 
testaceis; elytris plaga magna transversali apicali indeterminata pallide 
testacea. Long. 1j lin., lat. ğ lin. 
Habitat in Taprobana. | 
Oblong, somewhat convex, slightly shining, punctate and pubescent, brunneo-piceous, 
with the mouth, the base of the antenne, the thorax (more especially the lateral margins), 
the margins of the segments of the abdomen, and the legs ferrugineo-testaceous. Elytra 
with a large transversal, rounded, ill-defined pale testaceous patch near the apex, occu- 
pying nearly their posterior half. Head faintly punctate, bifoveolate in front. Thorax 
transverse, widest a little before the middle, broader than long, slightly convex, with the 
base truncate and nearly straight in front; the anterior angles obtuse and a little rounded, 
the posterior right angles, sides feebly rounded and margined. Elytra wider than the 
thorax, faintly costate or lineate, with hairs upon the coste and with a row of rather 
large, shallow, irregular punctures on the interstices. Abdomen very faintly punctate ; 
fimbrize with the inner margin straight, very nearly parallel to the outer side. 
From Ceylon. I am indebted for this species to the kindness of Mr. Nietner. I have 
placed it in the British Museum. 
21. BRACHYPEPLUS WALLACEI. 
Elongatus, oblongus, parallelus, depressus, punctatissimus, niger; prothorace Fig. 65. 
antice latiore; elytris subcostatis, interstitiis variolose seriatim punc- 
tatis; pedibus ferrugineo-piceis. Long. 12 lin., lat. 4 lin. er 
Habitat in insula Mysol prope Ceram. 
Oblong, elongate, flat, depressed, very thickly punctate, and very slightly pubescent on 
the sides and on the abdomen. Black, with the mouth, antennæ, and legs ferrugineo- 
piceous. Head very thickly and finely punctate, bifoveolate in front. Thorax slightly 
convex on the disk, broadest in front, apex emarginate ; sides sloping from behind for- 
wards, margined, and canaliculate at the margins, anterior angles projecting, declinate 
and rounded, posterior angles right angles and depressed; middle flat, very thickly, 
equally, and somewhat coarsely punctate ; the punctures under a powerful glass are seen 
to be variolose. Scutellum triangular, very thickly and somewhat coarsely punctate. 
Elytra subcostate, the interstices with a row of flat, variolose, disk- or horseshoe-shaped 
punctures, the coste towards the sides more prominent; sides vertically declinate, 
a little widest behind the middle; a little wider at the shoulders than the base of the 
thorax ; shoulders not prominent, rounded ; apex straight, truncate, sutural apical angles 
