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the face thickly covered with white hair ; the hair on the 

 top is equally thick and somewhat longer. Palpi testa- 

 ceous, black at the base. Thorax closely punctured, thickly 

 covered with white hair, short on the mesonotum, longer 

 on the rest of the thorax ; scutellum distinctly margined 

 at the sides ; the median segment longitudinally rugulose ; 

 the apex more coarsely transversely striolated. Propleurae 

 on the lower side irregularly obliquely striolated ; the apex 

 of the mesopleurae shining, almost impunctate ; the meta- 

 pleurse opaque, finely rugose. Legs covered with a white 

 down ; the anterior knees, tibiae, and tarsi yellow ; the 

 middle knees testaceous ; the calcaria white. Abdomen 

 shining ; the third and fourth and the lower half of the 

 fifth segments rufous. 



Campoplex speciosus, sp. nov. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Is very near to C. biiddha ; but may be known from 

 it by the base of the median segment having a clearly 

 defined large triangular keel. 



Head closely and uniformly punctured ; thickly covered 

 with glistening white hair ; the mandibles yellow, the 

 teeth piceous. Antennas entirely black, longer than the 

 body. Thorax black, closely punctured, thickly covered 

 with short white hair ; in the centre of the mesonotum 

 is a longitudinal furrow ; the median segment in the 

 middle in the part below the triangular keel is irregularly 

 striated ; the apex with the striae more apart, and it is 

 more shining. The mesopleurae have the punctures more 

 distinctly separated than the others. The anterior coxae 

 and trochanters entirely, the apex of the middle coxae 

 and the basal joint of the middle trochanters and the 

 underside of the four anterior femora, bright lemon 

 yellow ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi entirely and the 



