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( $ ) ; their epipleurse continued below the middle. Legs slender and 

 elongate ; the tibiae unarmed ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi 

 longer than the two following joints together ; claws appendiculate. 

 Prosternum invisible. The anterior cosal cavities closed. 



The insect for the reception of which I am obliged to establish 

 this genus seems allied to Metrioidea, Fairm., on account of the 

 closed cavities and unarmed tibise ; but differs in the proportionate 

 length of the joints of the antennae, the third joint in Metrioidea 

 being described as a little longer than the second and shorter than 

 the fouith ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi is also longer than in 

 Metrioidea. In the insect before me the female, on account of its 

 different coloration, seems at first sight to constitute a different 

 species. The general appearance of the present species is that of a 

 Luperus. 



Haplotia varipennis, sp. nov. (Plate XI. figs. 5, 6.) 



tS . -^neous ; the base of the femora and tibiae and the abdomen 

 testaceous ; head finely punctured in front ; thorax and elytra 

 rugosely punctate. 



$ . Testaceous, head and thorax aeneous ; elytra irregularly 

 punctured, testaceous with metallic gloss ; a triangular space at the 

 base, surrounding the scutellum, and the lateral margin aeneous. 



Length l|-2 lines. 



Head broad, finely rugose at the anterior portion ; labrum obscure 

 fulvous. Antennae a little shorter than the length of the body, 

 black in the male, obscure fulvous in the female. Thorax square- 

 shaped, very slightlv narrowed at the base, the anterior angles 

 acute, the posterior ones obsolete ; the surface flattened, closely and 

 irregularly rugose, of greenish bronzed colour like the head. Elytra 

 of the same colour, sculptured like the thorax, sparingly covered 

 with some stiff hairs. Legs more or less piceous or aeneous, the 

 base of the femora often testaceous, the posterior femora in the male 

 extending to the apices of the elytra, but much shorter in the 

 female. 



Nuwara Eliya. 



The antennae and the legs in the female are generally of a dark 

 fulvous colour ; the entire underside is testaceous, or sometimes 

 slightly stained with aeneous ; the sculpture of the head and thorax 

 agrees with that of the male. The elytra are, however, not rugose 

 or very slightly so, but generally closely punctured and of a pale 

 testaceous colour, slightly tinged with metallic greenish ; the base has 

 a well-defined triangular spot, extending from the shoulder to tlie 

 suture, of metallic bronze colour, the lateral margin and apices of 

 the elytra being similarly coloured. Some specimens show a small 

 testaceous lateral margin of the thorax, and two more or less distinct 

 depressions at the disk of the latter. 



Antipha nietneri, Baly. (Plate XI. fig. 7.) 



Balangoda. 



Typical and unicolorous unspotted forms. 



