LONGITAESUS. 



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Fig. 121.— LongitarsuH krishna, Maulik. 



251. Longitarsus singhala*, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour of upper side, underside, and femora of 

 all the legs, shining black ; the antennae and all the tibiae and 

 tarsi, light brown. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations and inter- 

 antennal ridge developed. Antennae about as long as the body ; 

 first segment long and club-shaped, second shorter than first, 

 thicker than, and about equal in length to, third, fourth distinctly 

 longer than third ; the following segments longer and more or 

 less nearly equal to each other. Prothorax broader than long, 

 sides very gently rounded, anterior angles oblique ; surface, seen 

 under a high power, extremely finely and sparsely punctate, the 

 punctures more numerous towards the base than in front ; the 

 whole interstitial surface is not perfectly smooth and shining, 



* Sanskrit name for Ceylon. 



