1918.] 263 



little shorter in ? , joints 2 and 3 short, subequal in length. Prothorax rapidly 

 narrowed from the base, deeply hollowed in front opposite the eyes, the anterior 

 angles sharp. Elytra with a faint sutural groove and indications of three obso- 

 lete costne on the disc, the margins narrow. Posterior coxal plates rectangular, 

 hollowed behind. Posterior legs elongate, the femora very broad, the tibiae 

 widened, the spurs long, curved, and stout, the upper one as long as or longer 

 than the tirst tarsal joint. 



Length 4f-5|, breadth 2^%-Sj'^^ mm. 



Sab. Ceylox, Nuwera Elia [Nui-a Ellia] (MofschulsJci/), Dikoya, 

 alt. 3800-4200 ft., Bogawantalawa, alt. 4900-5200 ft. ( G. Lewis : 

 xii.l881-iii. 1882). 



The above description is taken from two specimens from Dikoya in 

 very fresh condition, assumed to be males, and one, probably $ (with 

 less acuminate elytra), from Bogawantalawa. They are from the same 

 district as Motschulsky's type, and almost certainly belong to the 

 species named by him : he, however, says nothing about the faint elytral 

 costae, and the size given is too small (long. 2, lat. 11 1.), but too much 

 importance need not be attached to these details. The very finely, 

 densely sculptured elytra and the fusco-annulate antennae are in accord 

 w^ith the diagnosis. 



53. — Scirtes canescens. 



? Scirtes canescens Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1863, 1, p. 483.^ 



Scirtes sericeus Waterh. Cist. Ent. ii, p. 570 (1880). 2 



Scirtes sp. (near grandis Motsch.), Bourg. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 

 1896, p. 121.3 



Scirtes grandis Nowrojee, Mem. Dept, Agric. India, Entom. Series, 

 ii, 9, pp. 189-191 (April 1912), {nee Motsch.).* 



Hah. India, Belgaum,^ Chapra in Bengal {H. E. Andrewes), 

 Pusa {Nowrojee^), Patkai Mts. in Assam (^DoTierty'), Nilgiri Hills 

 {H. L. Andrewes) ; Ceylon, Colombo {Motschulskg^), Trincomalee 

 (Mus. Brit.) ; BuEMA (coll. H. E. Andrewes) ; Siam.- 



Numerous specimens before me from the above-mentioned localities 

 seem to belong to one variable species, those from Chapra and Trin- 

 comalee agreeing quite well with the type of S. sericeus. They are 

 separable from S. grandis Motsch., as here identified, by their smaller 

 size (length, 3|-4| mm.), the distinctly coarser puncturing of the elytra, 

 and the non-annulate antennae. One of the Belgaum examples has the 

 antennae slightly infuscate, and two of those from the Nilgiri Hills have 

 rougher, subcostulate eh'tra. Compared with the Bornean S. uniformis 

 Waterh., tlie Indian specimens have the elytra less dilated at the sides, 



