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HALTICIN7E. 



narrowed in front, more so behind ; regularly punctate-striate,. 

 each elytron having eleven longitudinal rows, including a short 

 scutellar and an extreme marginal row ; interstices flat. Under- 

 side : the whole surface, but not the legs, covered with shallow 

 pits ; anterior coxal cavities open behind ; femora deeply chan- 

 nelled for the reception of the tibiae w r hen the insect is in repose ; 

 the tibiae are not rounded but have flat or slightly depressed 

 surfaces with sharp edges ; the posterior pair have a sharp spine 

 at the apex; first segment of posterior tarsi long; claws appen- 

 diculate. 



Length, 4^ mm. 



Burma: Bhamo, vii. 1886 (L. Feci). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. The above description is taken 

 from an example kindly communicated to me by Dr. Gestro. 



Genus LANKA *, gen. now 



Genotype, Lanka brunnea, sp. nov. 



Body oblong-ovate, small. Head as broad as prothorax ; eyes 

 moderately convex ; vertex convex and continuing as a fine ridge 

 between the bases of the antennae. Antennae only about a milli- 

 metre shorter than the body, with apical segments slightly 

 thickened. Prothorax quadrate, convex, and sloping down steeply 

 on each side in front, base widely rounded, sides margined, 

 anterior and posterior angles rounded ; no ante-basal furrow. 

 Scutellum small, triangular, with apex rounded. Elytra only 

 slightly broader at base than prothorax, regularly punctate-striate, 

 the punctures being extremely fine and placed rather far apart 

 from each other in each row. The whole of the upper surface is 

 otherwise perfectly smooth. Underside', anterior coxal cavities 

 open behind; prosternum moderately broad and rounded at 

 apex ; metasternum prominently elevated, each side being formed 

 into a lobe with a rounded extremity; epipleura of elytra 

 continuing almost up to the apex ; posterior femora strongly 

 incrassate ; tibiae subcylindrical, not channelled ; the posterior 

 pair have the upper side more or less flattened and a sharp, small, 

 apical spine : first segment of anterior and middle tarsi somewhat 

 broadened (this may be a secondary sexual character), that of the 

 posterior tarsi not broadened, but almost equal in length to 

 the two following segments ; claws appendiculate. 



Range. Ceylon. 



220. Lanka brunnea, sp. nov. 



Body small, oblong-ovate. Colour red-brown ; head, prothorax, 

 scutellum and legs, black. 



Head with vertex elevated, impunctate. Antennae with first 

 segment elongate, second smaller, third slightly longer than 



* A Sanskrit name of Ceylon. 



