188".] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF CEYLON. 87 



EUCYCLA CEYLONENSIS, Sp. QOV. 



Fukous; antennae black, the basal joint fulvous; thorax closely 

 punctured, with or without a black basal spot; elytra strongly 

 punctate-striate, the interstices finely punctured, black, the suture 

 narrowly and the apices more broadly fulvous. 



Var. a. Black, the first five joints of the antennse flavous. 



Var. b. Smaller ; piceous, the elytra fulvous. 



Length I-ll line. 



Head nearly impunctate, fulvous. Antennas with the first joint 

 long and slender, curved, the second short and thick, the four 

 following joints still shorter and nearly equal in length, the rest 

 widened and compressed. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 the posterior margin broadly produced at the middle, the sides 

 straight ; the surface distinctly and very closely punctured, fulvous, 

 sometimes with a central black spot widened at its base. Scutellum 

 obscure fulvous. Elytra very convex, black with a greenish tint, 

 strongly and regularly punctate-striate, the interstices very finely and 

 sparingly punctured, the apices, in shape of a triangular spot, and 

 the suture very narrowly and rather obscurely fulvous ; anterior 

 coxal cavities open. 



The slender and elongate first joint of the antennae, the lobed 

 thorax, punctate-striate elytra, and general rounded and convex shape 

 seem to me to place the' present insect in Baly's genus Eucycla. 

 Thrylcea of this paper has the general appearance and the punctate- 

 striate elytra of the present insect, but may be knovvn by the 

 less transverse thorax and the much shorter basal joint of the 

 antennae. 



LONGITARSXJS LONGICORNIS, Sp. nOV. 



Ovate, convex ; obscure testaceous ; antennae much longer than the 

 body ; thorax impunctate ; elytra scarcely visibly punctured ; the 

 apices of the posterior tibiae piceous. 



Length 1 line. 



Head rather broader than long, entirely impunctate ; the frontal 

 tubercles scarcely indicated ; labrum and palpi piceous. Antennse 

 one half longer than the body, entirely testaceous, the third joint 

 distinctly shorter than the fourth. Thorax about one half broader than 

 long, the sides slightly rounded and constricted near the base, the 

 anterior angles obhquely truncate, the surface entirely impunctate. 

 Scutellum broader than long. Elytra ovate, narrowed near the base 

 and the apices, extremely minutely punctured, only visible under a 

 very strong lens, of a darker colour than the thorax ; underside 

 and legs testaceous ; the apical half of the posterior femora piceous ; the 

 first joint of the posterior tibiae rather longer than the three following 

 joints together. 



Bogawantalawa. 



The very long antennae, ovate shape, and the nearly impunctate 

 upper surface are the distinguishing characters of L. longicornis. In 

 one specimen the legs are of an entirely testaceous colour, but all the 

 other characters are the same as in the type. 



