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especially of the anterior pair, very hairy below ; the 4th joint ap- 

 pears to be slightly cordiform. The white marks of the shoulders 

 and the fascia across the wing-covers are composed of white hairs, the 

 former are rather an interrupted row of these than true macule, 

 the fascia consists of two halves, one in either elytron, reaching 

 neither the external margin nor the suture. The insect is of 

 slow motion. 



24. Anthicus insulanus. N. 



A. testaceus, abdomine obcsuriore, capite thoraceque rufotaceis, 

 elytris fasciis 2 nigris, parce pilosus. Long. corp. IJ-l^ lin. 



Caput globosum oculis mediocris. Thorax pyriformis, cum capite 

 supra punctata. Elytra ovata. Tarsi art. 4° bilobo. 



Prope Negombo in pratis sat copiosus. 



In some of the specimens before me the anterior femora are fur- 

 nished with a strong thorn inside, having at the same time the tibiae 

 of the same pair of legs slightly emarginated inside near the apex — 

 I have reason to believe these individuals, if the distinction be a 

 sexual one, to be females not males. 



25. Meligethes orientalis. N. 



M. ovatus, subconvexus, pilosus, supra nigro-eeneus, subtus piceus, 

 pedibus, antennis palpisque maxill. dilutioribus, tarsis palpisque 

 labial, brunneo-aureis. Long. corp. 1-1% lin. 



Mentum transversum planum, punctatum, lobis apice depressis 

 excavatis, glabris, obtusis. Palpi lab. art. ultimo inflato, ovato; 

 maxill. art. ultimo apice angustato levissime truncato. Mandibulae 

 unidentata?. Thorax amplus angulis acutis, antice emarginatus, 

 postice pluries sinuatus, subtus punctatus. Elytra ovato-quadrata, 

 angulis 4 apicalibus rotundatis, pygidium baud obtegentia. Pedes 

 validse, femoribus tibiisque incrassatis ; anteriores tibiis apice intus 

 unispinosis, tarsis art. 1-3 fortiter dilatatis, 1-2 subaequalibus trans- 

 versis, profunde reniformibus, 3° minore, cordato, 4° minimo, sub- 

 cylindrico ; intermed. et post, tibiis extus spinulosis, tarsis anteriori- 

 bus similibus sed art. 1-3 minus dilatatis, cordiformibus. Prosternum 

 marginatum, punctatum, obtuse acuminatum. Mesosternum antice 

 carinatum. 



