KAMALA. 



Head broad, vertex not convex, iinpunctate, interantennal space 

 broad, frontal tubercles and carina absent. Antennae with the 

 six apical segments forming a thickened club; first segment the 

 longest, thickened, second also thicker than third, which is slender, 

 fourth shorter than third, fifth equal to fourth. Prothorax broader 

 than long, transversely convex, shining, iinpunctate, the basal 

 margin with a very short longitudinal impression on either side, 

 which is seen with difficulty, sides nearly straight, anterior 

 angles rounded. Scutellum minute, triangular, iinpunctate. Elytra 

 broader at base than prothorax, subglobose, strongly punctate- 

 striate, each elytron having ten rows, including a short scutellar 

 row. Underside smooth, iinpunctate; hind tibiae longer than the 

 others ; tarsi long, the first segment of the hind pair as long as 



the following two together ; each of the claws has a thickening 

 at the base beneath, and if this be regarded as an appendix then, 

 as remarked above in the description of the genus, the claws 

 cannot be called simple, as was done by Jacoby. 

 Length, 1| mm. 



Ceylon: Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 21. iii-4. iv. 1882 

 {G. Lewis). 



Type in the British Museum, a unique example. 



183. Kainala violaceipennis, Jacoby. 



Hypnophila violaceipennis, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 88. 



Body spheroidal, strongly convex. Black ; the five basal seg- 

 ments of the antennae and the posterior tibiae obscure testaceous ; 

 scutellum piceous ; elytra dark violaceous ; underside dark pitch- 

 brown. 



Head impunctate, frontal tubercles obsolete. Antennae with 

 the last five segments forming a thickened club ; the first seg- 

 ment the longest, second thicker than third, which is slender, 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth each shorter and equal. Prothorax broader 

 than long, sides straight, base with a very short longitudinal 

 notch on each side ; anterior lateral angles rounded ; surface with 

 a very few minute puuctures, visible only under a high power. 

 Scutellum small, triangular, with apex rounded, impunctate. 



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