354 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations absent, inter- 

 antennal carina sharp, though not very well developed. Antennae 

 about as long as the body ; first segment long and club-shaped, 

 second not much shorter than first, thicker and somewhat longer 

 than third, fourth longer than third, fourth, fifth and sixth more 

 or less nearly equal ; the following segments slightly thickened 

 and longer. Prothorax slightly broader than long, or almost 

 quadrate, sides almost straight, anterior lateral angles thickened, 

 each of the four angles with a fine seta; surface very gently 

 convex and impunctate. Scutellum triangular with apex rounded, 

 surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra slightly broader at base 

 than prothorax ; surface punctate, the punctures being fine (some 

 •of them indistinct), not very close together and generally confused. 

 Underside-, posterior tibiae long, with the outer edge furnished 

 with spinules, and ending in a spine at the apex ; the whole of 

 each posterior tarsus is about equal in length to the corresponding 

 tibia, the first segment being half the length of the tibia. 



Length, 1 h mm. 



Ceylon: Kandy, vii. 1908 (G. E. Bryant); Bogawantalawa, 

 4900-5200 ft., 28. ii.-12. iii. 1882; Kitulgalle, 1700 ft., 17-20. 

 i.1882; Dikoya, 3800-4200 ft., 21. i.-7. ii. 1882. Three ex- 

 amples taken bv Gr. Lewis, one from each of the three latter 

 localities, are darker in general colour, although the characteristic 

 antennal coloration is present. 



Type in the British Museum. Described from eight examples. 



272. Longitarsus longicornis, Jacob)/. 



Longitarsus longicornis, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 87. 



Body ovate, convex. Colour obscure testaceous ; apices of the 

 femora piceous ; labrum and palpi piceous ; elytra somewhat 

 darker than prothorax. 



Head quadrate, about as broad as long, entirely impunctate ; 

 frontal tubercles scarcely indicated. Antennae slender, longer 

 than the body ; first segment long and club-shaped, second shorter 

 than first, third distinctly shorter than fourth but longer than 

 second, fourth to ninth about equal, tenth and eleventh somewhat 

 shorter. Prothorax somewhat broader than long, broadened in 

 front, narrowed behind, sides slightly rounded, anterior lateral 

 angles obliquely truncate, the seta at each of the four corners 

 distinctly long ; surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum triangular, 

 broader than long, impunctate. Elytra ovate, narrowed near the 

 base and at the apex ; surface extremely minutely and not closely 

 punctate, the punctures only visible under a high power. Under- 

 side : first segment of posterior tarsi rather longer than the 

 following three together; claw-segment projecting much beyond 

 the bilobed segment ; claws strong. 



Length, 2\ mm. : length of antenna, 3| mm. 



Ceylon : Bogawantalawa (G. Lewis). 



Type in the British Museum. 



