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spines. The apex of the prosternum is not so widely rounded but sub- 

 mucronate. The apex of the jaws is notched, much as in Encymon 

 and Engonius, the teeth being of equal length and the exterior one 

 not bifid. The front tibiae of the males have a very small tooth 

 near their apex. Engonius, to which this genus approaches in some 

 of its characters, has the apex of the elytra obliquely truncate, so 

 that they are open at the sutural angle ; in the present genus the 

 elytra are together uniformly rounded. 



1 . Stictomela chrysomeloides. (Plate XVII. fig. 6.) 



Oblonga, elytris apice cequaliter rotundatis, nigro-cenea, nitidaj 

 capite prothoraceqtie ineequalibus, crebre sat fortiter punctatis, 

 hoc profunde canaliciilato ; elytris crebrius subiiliter punctatis, 

 perobsolete subsulcatis, callo humerali modice elevato, obtuse 

 carinato, punctisque quatuor aurantiacis, duobus basalibus, duobus 

 subapicalibiis, oblique posit is. Long. 9 milliin. J $ • 

 Mas. Tibiis antieis ad apicem intus excisis, intermediis leviter cur- 



vatis, apice mucronatis. 

 Hah. Dickoya, Ceylon. 



Head brassy black, a little shining ; epistoma thickly and strongly 

 punctured, posterior part less thickly ; antennae as in Spatliomeles, 

 but the club rather lax, apical joint obliquely compressed at the tips. 

 Thorax with the surface shining but uneven, the principal impression 

 being a central channel with a punctiform pit on each side in the 

 middle, a basal transverse line, and the ordinary basal sulci ; the 

 sides are, however, wrinkled ; the lateral margins are much rounded 

 in front, and the front margin rather deeply excavated and bisinuate, 

 the front angles being acute. The humeral callus is raised into a 

 blunt carina, terminating in the external one of two basal, orange, round 

 spots ; the two apical ones are placed somewhat obliquely, that 

 nearest the suture being furthest from the apex, and oblong but 

 irregular in shape. The femora are clavate and distinctly punctured ; 

 the tibiae are bent a little in both sexes, but more strongly so iu the 

 male, and iu that sex terminate inwardly in a short mucro ; they are 

 pubescent at the tips. The tarsi and claws are pitchy, clothed with 

 golden pile beneath. The intercoxal plate of the basal ventral seg- 

 ment is sparsely but deeply punctate. 



Four specimens, three males and one female, of this beautiful 

 species were captured by Mr. Lewis. 



2. Stictomela opulenta. 



Oblonga, nitida, nigra ; elytris confertim crebrius punctatis, singulis 

 maculis sex rtibris, tribus basalibus, tribus subapicalibus irregu- 

 laribus, quasi fasciamformantibus. Long. \0 millim. cJ • 

 Mas. Tibiis antieis dente parvo adjacente, juxta apicem infra dentem 



excisis ; segmento apicali ventrali, tuberculo instructo. 

 Sab. Ceylon. 



Head strongly and deeply punctured, the epistoma especially so, 

 with fewer and more scattered punctures ; antennae as in Engonius, 

 but with the club a little more lax. Thorax uneven but shining. 



