ULYTllOPACHYS. PANlLUJtUS. 



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underside Testaceous, like the rest of the body ; extremity of 

 antennae brownish. 



Length, a little more than 2| mm. 



Ceylon (Nietner). 



Elytropachys viridescens, Motschulsky. 



Elytropachys viridescens Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix, 1866, 

 part 1, no. 2, p. 419. 



Inform like E. latissima, but a little smaller. Shortly sub- 

 ovate, convex, shining, glabrous, greenish-bronze, antennas and 

 legs yellowish-testaceous, with the apices of the former, the 

 posterior femora, and the underside, black. 



Length, a little more than 2| mm. 



Ceylon : Nuwara Eliya. 



Elytropachys obscurata, Motschulsky. 



Elytropachys obscurata, Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix, 1866, 

 part 1, no. 2, p. 419. 



In form like E. viridescens, but a little smaller. Shortly sub- 

 ovate, convex, shining, hairless, black, with the base of the 

 antennae, tibiae, and tarsi reddish-testaceous, the posterior tibiae 

 infuscated. 



Length, a little more than 2| mm. 



Ceylon : Nuwara Eliya. 



Elytropachys dorsalis, Motschulsky. 



Elytropachys dorsalis, Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix, 1866, 

 part 1, no. 2, p. 419. 



In form like E. latissima, but the elytra are margined with red. 

 Shortly subovate, convex, shining, hairless, red, with the head, 

 thorax, and dorsum of the elytra black ; underside somewhat 

 fuscous (" subinfuscato "). 



Length, slightly over 2|mm. 



Ceylon : Nuwara Eliya. 



Genus PANILURUS, Jacoby. 

 Panilurus, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904, p. 392. 

 Genotype, Panilurus nilgiriensis, .Tac. 



Body oblong-ovate, glabrous, metallic. Read: antennae rather 

 widely separated, the segments short, the terminal segments 

 gradually thickened ; frontal elevations absent. Prothorax short, 

 transverse, sides slightly rounded, posterior margin rounded, 

 surface impunotate. Elytra semi-regularly punctate, their 

 epipleura broader at the base and narrowed towards the apex. 

 Underside: posterior femora thickened and channelled under- 



