72 MR, M. JACOBY ON THE [Feb. 1, 



Demotina ceylonensis, sp. nov. 



Broadly ovate, robust ; fuscous, clothed with fulvous pubescence ; 

 the three or four lower joints of the antennae fulvous ; eljtra with 

 a transverse whitish band at the middle, the apical portion spotted. 



Length 2 lines. 



Galle. 



Broader and more robust than D. thoracica, and the pubescence 

 fulvous instead of whitish. The elytra, instead of finely and distantly 

 punctate-striate, are here strongly and closely punctured, and a 

 transverse hand, comjiosed of thick white pubescence, is placed at 

 the middle ; this band is narrowed towards the suture and is, in one 

 specimen, followed by a broad black denuded space, while the apical 

 portion is variegated by white and fulvous pubescence ; in another 

 specimen, which I refer to the same species, the transverse band is 

 only indicated and the space below it shows some small fuscous 

 spots, alternated by white and fulvous pubescence. The present 

 species resembles somewhat D. fasciata, Baly, but is more robust 

 and the thorax is less transverse, the pubescence shorter and differ- 

 ently placed. 



Xanthonia flavopilosa, sp. nov. 



Narrowly elongate ; pale fulvous, covered with fine silky flavous 

 pubescence ; terminal joints of the antennae dusky ; elytra extremely 

 minutely punctured. 



Length l|-2 lines. 



Head extremely finely punctured, covered with rather long 

 yellowish hairs ; the anterior margin of the epistome nearly straight ; 

 eyes entire, scarcely sinuate within. Antennae nearly as long as the 

 body in the male, the third and fourth joints nearly equal. Thorax 

 one half broader than long, transversely depressed across the disk, 

 the sides strongly rounded, the lateral margin obsolete ; the surface 

 clothed, like the elytra, with rather long silky yellow pubescence, 

 extremely finely punctured ; femora unarmed ; tibite entire ; claws 

 bifid ; the anterior margin of the thoracic cpisternum subconcave. 



Galle, Dikoya. 



This species is larger than X. placida, Baly, from Japan ; the 

 thorax is more transverse and flattened, and the punctuation of the 

 upper surface is much more finely impressed, and only visible under 

 a strong lens ; the pubescence is also longer. 



Nephrella elongata, Baly. 



I do not think I am wrong in referring the two specimens contained 

 in this collection to Baly's species, witli the description of which they 

 agree perfectly, except in one respect in regard to the punctuation 

 of the upper surface. In the specimens before me the thorax and 

 elytra, which are of an obscure fuscous, are closely covered with fine 

 fulvous pubesence, which totally obscures any punctuation. Mr. Baly 

 speaks of the thorax as not very deeply punctured, and of the elytra 

 as finely wrinkled, of which I am not able to see a trace. It is 

 therefore possible that the specimens obtained by Mr. Lewis repre- 



