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broad as long, the side^ rounded and narrowly margined. Elytra 

 widened towards the middle, very closely and finely punctured ; the 

 presternum narrow but distinct. 



Bogawantalawa. 



S. ceylonensis entirely resembles in regard to colour the uni- 

 colorous variety of S. suturalis, but differs in being of much larger 

 size and in having the sides of the thorax much more rounded ; the 

 antennae have their joints also much more elongate, and the punc- 

 tuation of the elytra is finer and more closely placed. As the four 

 specimens before me all agree in the above characters, I must consider 

 the species specifically distinct from the preceding. S. pallida, Jac, 

 from Celebes, is another very closely allied species, but differs in the 

 depressions of the thorax, the fulvous labrum, and the shorter 

 antennae. 



Sph^roderma orientalis, sp. nov. 



Piceous ; the three basal johits of the antennae fulvous ; above 

 reddish fulvous ; thorax very finely punctured ; elytra closely and 

 finely semipunctate-striate. 



Length 1 hne. 



Head impunctate ; the frontal tubercles distinct ; lower part of 

 the face prominent, the anterior edge of the clypeus straight. 

 Antennae about half the length of the body, black, the three lower 

 joints fulvous, the second thinner and rather smaller than the 

 preceding, the terminal joints gradually thickened. Thorax trans- 

 verse, three times broader than long, the sides straight, the posterior 

 margin distinctly sinuate at each side, tlie median lobe slightly 

 produced and rounded, the surface finely and evenly punctured. 

 Sculellum small. Elytra very convex and distinctly narrowed 

 towards the apices, the shoulders not prominent, the surface very 

 closelv and somewhat more distinctly punctured than the thorax, 

 the punctuation arranged in semiregular rows. Legs piceous. Pro- 

 sternum longer than broad. Elytral epipleurae broad, nearly extend- 

 ing to the apices. 



Galle. 



I am unable to say whether the present species is identical with 

 one or the other described by Motschulsky. In some specimens the 

 thorax is more or less stained with piceous. 



Chabria (gen. nov. Halticinorum). 



Anterior coxal cavities open. Body ovate, rouiidt-d, very convex. 

 Antennae widely separated, filiform, slightly thickened towards the 

 apical joints. Thorax narrowly transverse, four times as broad as 

 long, the sides rounded. Scutellum triangular. Elytra irregularly 

 punctured, convex, strongly deflected towards the apices, their epi- 

 pleurae broad and continued below the middle. Posterior femora 

 strongly incrassate ; tibiae not channelled, the posterior ones with a 

 distinct spine ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the 

 two following joints together ; claws appendiculate. Prosternum 



