COLTDIID^ OBTAINED IN CEYLON". 121 



This is very closely allied to the Japanese C. granulosus ; but 

 the eyes bear only very short setae in the present species, and the 

 explanate thoracic margin is less developed than it is in G. gra- 

 nulosus. 



COLOBICUS INDICUS. 



Colobicus indicus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1853, ii. p. 503,, 



Unknown to me. 



CiCONES MINIMUS. 



Cicones minimus. Sharp, Japanese Colydiidae, aate, p. 69. 



Kitulgalle ; one example. 



Cicones coloeatus. 



Cicones coloratus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1863, ii. p. 502. 



Unknown to me. 



Cicones minutus, n. sp. 



Niger, antennis in medio, pedibus elytrisque testaceis, his nigro-varie- 

 gatis ; parce griseo-setosus, in elytris seriebus setarum erectarum. Long. 

 2 millim. 



Antennae small, the base and apex dark, the very minute inter- 

 mediate joints pallid. Thorax transverse, rather narrower than 

 the elytra, very slightly curved at the sides, the lateral margin 

 studded with extremely short white scales ; the surface a little 

 uneven, nearly black, but bearing depressed pallid scale-like hairs ; 

 sculpture quite obsolete. Elytra brownish yellow, with nume- 

 rous black marks, sparingly clothed with depressed pallid setae, 

 and in addition with regular series of short, erect, distant white 

 scales ; sculpture indistinct, consisting of series of closely placed, 

 rather fine, punctures. 



Although extremely close to the Japanese O. niveus, I think 

 this is distinct, the antennae being of different colour, with smaller 

 club, and the thorax less transverse. 



Lynford, Bogawantalawa, 2nd March, 1882 ; a single example. 



Cicones bitomoides. 



Cicones bitomoides. Sharp, Japanese Colydiidce, ante, p. &9. 



Lynford, Bogawantalawa ; a single example. This individual 

 is in rather a dirty state, and the elytra have apparently only a 

 single indefinite dark mark. 



