1887.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF CEYLON. 113 



^NIDEA ? HIRTIPENNIS, Sp. nOV. 



Obscure testaceous ; the two apical joints of the aiiteiiuce fuscous ; 

 thorax transverse, impunctate, biimpressed ; elytra very finely semi- 

 punctate-striate, sparingly pubescent. 



Length 2| lines. 



Head vpith a deep fovea between the antennae, impunctate ; 

 terminal joint of the i)alpi tliickened. AntenniB but slightly shorter 

 than the body, fulvous, the two or three terminal joints darker, 

 second joint very short, the third nearly three times as long, and 

 longer than the following joints. Thorax at least twice as broad as 

 long, the sides very slightly constricted at the base, a little rounded 

 before the middle, the angles not produced ; the surface impunctate, 

 with a rather deep oblique impression at each side. Scutellum 

 triangular. Elytra without basal depression, very finely and some- 

 what regularly punctured, the interstices here and there obsoletely 

 raised and sparingly clothed with rather long and stiff hairs ; elytral 

 epipleurae broad, continued below the middle. Tibiae unarmed ; 

 the first joint of tlie posterior tarsi as long as the three following 

 joints together. Claws appeadiculate. Anterior coxal cavities 

 closed. 



Dikoya. 



I have placed this species in ^nidea, with which it agrees in all 

 essential points. It is, however, possible that I may have only female 

 specimens before me, and that the male insect, like several others of 

 the genus, may differ in the structure of the head. The pubescence 

 of the elytra distinguishes A. hirtipennis from any of its allies. 



CnEORANE PALLIDA, Sp. HOV. 



Oblong, pale testaceous ; antennae obscure fuscous ; thorax 

 square-shaped, impunctate ; elytra scarcely visibly punctured. 



Length 2 lints. 



Head entu'ely impunctate, the frontal tubei'cles distinctly raised, 

 divided and bounded behind by a deep groove ; palpi robust. 

 Antennae two thirds the length of the body, the second and third 

 joints short and of nearly equal length, the fourth joint very slightly 

 longer than the following ones, the three or four basal joints pale 

 testaceous, the rest fuscous. Thorax shghtly broader than long, all 

 the margins straight ; the surface very little convex, without depres- 

 sions and punctures. Elytra rather convex, parallel and sub- 

 cylindrical, the punctuation extremely minute and arranged for the 

 greater part in closely placed rows. The tibiae unarmed, the first 

 joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the two following joints 

 together. Claws appendiculate. Anterior coxal cavities open. 



Bogavvantalawa. 



In this species the third joint of the antennfe is sliorter than in 

 C. elegans, Baly, and Cfulvicollis, Baly, being of the same length 

 as the second joint ; but in all other respects C. pallida agrees with 

 its allies, and may be recognized by the uniform and very pale 

 testaceous colour. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1887, No. VIII. 8 



