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HALTICINjE. 



first segment is as long as the following two together ; the claws 

 according to Jacoby are simple, but with careful examination a 

 little projection can be detected beneath at the base. 

 Range. Ceylon. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Insect with head, prothorax, and legs red- [p. 256. 



brown ; elytra black K. apicipennis, Jac, 



Insect not so coloured 2, 



2. Pronotum with a few fine punctures ; elytra [p. 257. 



violaceous K. violaceipennis, Jac, 



Insect not so characterized 8. [p. 258. 



3. Pronotum with fine longitudinal rugosities . K. rugicollis, Jac, 

 Pronotum without rugosities, impunctate 



except for a few scattered, extremely fine, [p. 258. 



indistinct punctures . . . . , K, l&vicollis, sp. n., 



Hypnophila flavipcnnis, Motsch., which is doubtfully placed'in 

 the genus Kamala in this book (p. 259), is not included in the 

 above key. 



Fig. 94. — Kamala apicipennis, Jac. 



182. Kamala apicipennis, Jacoby. 



Hypnophila apicipennis, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 89. 



Body very strongly convex, pointed behind Black ; the five 

 basal segments of the antennae, head, thorax, and legs rufous ; 

 apex of elytra red-brown, this colour extending partly tot|the 

 sides; underside red-brown. 



