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medium (ad suturam haud extensa), et signo v-formi apicali 

 ochraceis ornatis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Dikoy r a. 



Ovate, glossy black; prothorax with five stripes, and on 

 each elytron a short stripe near the scutellum, two spots on 

 the shoulder, a postmedian band (not extending to the 

 suture), and a V-shaped mark at the apex pure ochre-yellow ; 

 elytra stria te-punctate, punctures large, approximate, inter- 

 stices with the granules coarse and irregular; body beneath 

 with small approximate ochreous scales ; legs with elongate 

 scattered scales. 



This and the two preceding species form another isolated 

 group in this large genus, whose characters are so precise, but 

 whose members in so many instances leave such large gaps 

 between them. The bifid, or simple claws connate at the base, 

 however, have ceased to be characters of generic importance. 



Alcides guttulatus. 



A. obovatus, niger, supra granulis nitidis (interstitiis dense silaceo- 

 squamosis) indutus ; rostro sat valido, rude punctata ; antennis 

 piceis ; elytris basi prothorace paulo latioribus, striatis ; pedibus 

 ferrugineis. Long. 4^ lin. 



Hab. Bogowantalawa. 



Obovate, black, with glossy granules above, the intervals 

 covered with yellowish-brown scales ; rostrum rather stout, 

 not longer than the prothorax, coarsely punctured, with short 

 prominent longitudinal lines between ; antenna dark pitchy ; 

 prothorax irregularly granulate ; elytra broadest at the base, 

 striate- punctate, punctures nearly hidden by the scales, but 

 apparently linear, each interstice with a row of rather remote 

 granules, becoming gradually smaller posteriorly ; body be- 

 neath pitchy, with fewer scales ; legs ferruginous, sparsely 

 scaly ; tarsi pitchy. 



Not unlike Lixus bicolor in general appearance, but a little 

 stouter. In the two individuals before me one has three dis- 

 tinct small yellowish spots behind the middle of the elytra 

 (two outer conjoined), one at the shoulder and another to- 

 wards the apex ; in the second there are two spots only in 

 the middle and none at the apex. Bogowantalawa is from 

 4900 to 5200 feet in altitude. 



Alcides suspensus. 



A. ellipticus, niger, subnitidus, prothorace vittis quinque, elytrisque 

 singulatim vittis quatuor (interiore prope scutellum incipiente ad 

 apicem extensa, duabus extus basalihus in medio conjimctis, 

 quart a postica marginali) fulvis ornatus. Long. 2| lin. 



